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No. 2. Take of red wine, one pint ; water, one 

 pint ; gum Arabic, one ounce ; mix and <Tive them a.s 

 a drench three times within a week. 



No. 3. Take of salts of hartshorn, three drachms ; 

 opmm, one drachm ; powdered ginger, two dftichms; 

 liquorice, half an ounce: syrup, of any kind, x suffi- 

 cient quantity to make the ingredients into two balls, 

 which may be given twice- within a week. Nourish- 

 ing: food, moderate exercise, and a clean, wholesome 

 stable will assist much in effecting a cure. 



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BLISTERS. 



Previous to the application of a blister to any pan 

 of a horse, the hair should either be shaved or cut of] 

 as close as possible ; the blistering ointment should be 

 egularly spread with a warm knife on a stout piece of 

 oznaburgs ; and during the operation of the blister, 

 the horse should be tied short to prevent his biting the 

 part or doing other injury. 



Blister — No. 1. Take of Spanish flies half an ounce, 

 oil turpentine one ounce, hog's lard four ounces; mix 

 them well and the blister is ready for use. 



No. 2 — Take of tar, four ounces ; vitriolic acid two 

 drachms, oil of origanum, half an ounce ; hog's lard, 

 two ounces ; Spanish flies, two ounces. This blis«<}» 

 IS excellent for the spavin. 



