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Should the inflammation be rather protracted, 

 I have then had recourse to the following astrin- 

 gent poultice with happy effect. 



(RECIPE, No. 72.) 



Take — Vinegar, or verjuice, one quart; boil it up with 

 a sufficient quantity of rye-flour, to the con- 

 sistency of an electuary; then add two ounces 

 of elder ointment : stir all together, and apply 

 it new-milk-warm. 



Either of these poultices must be spread on 

 strong linen cloth, or enclosed in a cotton bag, 

 and laid on the part affected. If the symptoms do 

 not abate in three or four days' time, recourse 

 must be had to bleeding and purging. In every 

 stage of this disorder the horse must have warm 

 water and mashes. All wounds on the eyelids 

 must be carefully examined with a suitable probe, 

 or with a quill made smooth at the end, and after- 

 wards dressed with the following mixture. 



(RECIPE, No. 73.) 



Take — Compound tincture of benzoin, two ounces ; 

 Honey of roses, one ounce ; 

 Nitrous acid, from twenty to thirty drops : 

 Mix them in a bottle for use. 



This will be found very excellent for wounds 

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