673 DB. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



n. Physic, or Purge. — Mr. Doney continues: " Give a good purge made 

 of fluid extract of mandrake, blood root, liquorice, each 1 oz. Dose, 1 dr. 

 Adding to each dose 1 oz. of aloes and 2 ozs. of epsom salts until the bowels 

 respond freely; then lessen the dose. 



"II. Wnsli. — One oz. of white vitriol, 1 oz. of alum, 1 oz. gum catechu, 1 

 qt. of oak bark solution, 1 oz. turpentine. Mix and use as a wash twice a day. 

 Take the water in which you boil potatoes, 1 qt. Wash the limb with it before 

 using the other. If it will not cleanse the limb thoroughly use oat meal soap. 

 Rub the limb until the sore looks a briglit pink, and the surrounding portions 

 of the leg white. Keep the stable well cleaned. Use a brush on the leg often." 



3. Condition Powder for a Stallion. — White rosin and madder, 

 each, 4 ozs. ; black antimony gentian root, fenugreek seed, sulphur and gin- 

 ger root, each, 3 ozs. ; anise seed, 2 ozs. ; Spanish flies, 1 oz. All made very 

 fine and intimately mixed. Dose — A table-spoonful, a little rounding, in the 

 morning's feed, as he begins to drag toward the last of the season. This is from 

 Robt. Hudson, Winfleld, Kansas. No one need fear to use it. And without 

 the Spanish flies, it is a good alterative and tonic powder for any other horse. 



Distemper in Colts— Treatment.— Distemi>er in a colt has about 3 

 weeks to run its course; all the medicine required is a light dose of Epsom salts, 

 say 4 to 6 ozs., and good nursing. Give warm bran mashes, linseed or oatmeal 

 gruel; keep the animal warm, and rub the legs with cloths dipped in hot water; 

 a table-spoonful of mustard in the water would be beneficial if the legs seem to 

 be weak and numb, or cold. — N. Y. Times. 



Epizootic, the Most Successful Treatment.— Wm. Home, a vet- 

 erinary, in the Country Qentleman, says: "In the treatment of the epizootic in 

 horses, in 1872, no treatment in my own practice was so effectual, and none 

 brought speedier or more permanent relief than a powerful stimulant applied to 

 the throat outside, and tincture of lobelia, 1 oz. ; gelscmium, % oz. Mix and 

 place on the roots of the tongue, 30 to 40 drops, 3 times a day. Plenty of 

 pure air and general warmth, and comfort, make good nursing; not too much 

 pampering and medication. 



Remarks. — The Sweeny Cure, which is a powerful liniment, and without 

 the alcohol, will be as powerful a stimulant as anyone will need in these cases. It 

 is not necessary to blister, however, if it is likely to do that; rub over with 

 sweet oil to prevent the blistering. Or, if made without the cantharides, it will 

 not blister. The lobelia helps the cough, and the gelsemium keeps down the 

 fever by lessening the pulse. This is claimed to be a bad disease; then use the 

 condition powder No. 1, in connection with the other treatment 



Galled Shoulders and Saddle Galls, To Prevent and Cure — 

 I. To prevent shoulder galls for horses easily galled, have a collar shield of 

 firm, smooth-surfaced leather, upon which the collar will move or slip easily, 

 and thus not abrade or chafe off the surface hair, skin, etc.; and have the sad- 

 dle lined with hard, smooth-surfaced leather — rawhide is best — like the militarj 

 saddle, but never have one linexl with any woolen stuff. 



