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yet I had something much worse some 50 years ago. I had a foot mashed in a 

 threshing machine, and mortification set in upon two of the toes, but the young 

 physician was equal to the occasion with a poultice of flaxseed (properly boiled, 

 as there was no flaxseed meal then kept by druggists), and thickened with pow- 

 dered charcoal, the mortification was stopped from extending, and the mortified 

 parts separated from the healthy parts ; when the tendons only had to be clipped 

 to remove them wholly from the foot; hence no one need be afraid to tie to this 

 poultice, and the whole treatment will be found good, not forgetting the consti- 

 tutional or condition powder part of it, in all cases. 



3. Scratches, Canadian Remedy.— A Canadian correspondent of 

 the Scientific American gives the following simple remedy for scratches in horses. 

 He says: "Having tried many lotions, etc., only to obtain temporary relief 

 for my horse, I concluded to try a mixture of flowers of sulphur and glycer- 

 ine, which I mixed into a paste using sufllcient glycerine to give it a glossy 

 appearance, and the results I obtained In a short time were truly wonderful. I 

 apply this paste at night, and in the morning before going out I apply plain 

 glycerine." 



Remarks. — This is undoubtedly very valuable, for in McClure and Har- 

 vey's edition of Stonehenge's English work on the horse, in speaking upon the 

 subject of grease, says: " The skin must be kept supple (soft and pliant), and at 

 the same time suitable to a healthy action. For the former purpose, glycerine 

 is the most valuable, being far more efficacious than any greasy dressing, such as 

 we were obliged to employ before the discovery of this substance, etc. 



He uses it in all stages of the disease, to keep the skin soft. To stimulate 

 to a healthy action, he uses: "Chloride of zinc, 30 grs., to soft water, 1 

 pt., and thorough cleansing with soap and warm water, and thorough drying, 

 applying this with a brush, only sufficient to dampen the parts, and 15 minutes 

 after, applying glycerine, and if not improved in a few days, he increases the 

 strength of the zinc solution to 40 or 50 grs. to the pt. — repeating night and 

 morning with, of course, constitutional treatment. 



4. Scratches, Simple Remedy for.— A correspondent of the Western 

 Rural sent this, as he calls it, " Simple Remedy for Scratches," which he also 

 said has been thoroughly tested and proved highly successful: "Wash the sores 

 thoroughly with warm, soft water and castile soap; then rinse them off with 

 clear water, after which rub them dry with a cloth. Now grate up some car- 

 rots and bind them on the sores. This should be repeated every day, for 4 or 

 5 days, when the scratches will be cured. 



Remarks. — I know that carrot poultice is very good; but I would suggest 

 here, that it should be repeated twice daily, night and morning, instead of only 

 daily, as the writer directs; but, if no carrots are to be had, take the following, 

 unless you prefer the first one, or some other of the recipes here given. Boiled 

 and mashed turnips, thickened with powdered charcoal, are undoubtedly good, 

 whether they will prove as good as the bran and flaxseed meal of No. 1 or not, 

 I leave for each one to judge for himself, when either can be had ; or to use the 

 one he can get the materials for, when the other cannot be obtained, this is tho 



