WOUNDS OF THE JOINTS, &C. 169 



jury is first received, let the inflamed part be 

 frequently fomented with the recipe (No. 109, 

 p. 1 47) for half an hour, and in two or three hours 

 after with the following : 



(RECIPE, No. 131.) 



Cooling and Bracing Mixture. 



Take — Sal ammoniac, and nitre, of each half an ounce, 

 in powder ; 

 Wine vinegar, or old verjuice, half a pint ; 

 Camphorated spirit, two ounces : 

 Mix them together in a bottle for use. 



After this mixture has been well rubbed in, and 

 the wound dressed with any of the aforesaid mix- 

 tures, and the dressing well secured with a proper 

 roller, and persevered ///, there is but little doubt 

 but a speedy cure will be obtained. In all kind 

 of ulcers attention should be paid to the morbid 

 habit of body with which they are generally at- 

 tended. Bleeding and physic are the proper means 

 to correct this, and likewise to lessen the in- 

 flammation. First, therefore, bleed, and give the 

 horse a couple of mashes of scalded bran and warm 

 water that day, the next morning give him the purg- 

 ing ball (No. 2 or 3, p. 22), and treat him as there 

 directed. Wounds upon the joints, in general, 

 leave a stiffness, which may be removed by apply- 

 ing the blistering oils (No. 113, p. 151), or the 



