200 GREASE, CROWN-SCAB, &C. 



(RECIPE, No. 153.) 



Take — Nitre, yellow resin, and crocus of antimony, of 

 each one pound, in fine powder ; 



Castile soap, sliced, one pound ; 



Balsam of capivi, two ounces ; 



Venice turpentine, six ounces ; 



Liquorice powder, and ginger, fresh powdered, 

 of each four ounces : 



Beat them all together, with a sufficient quan- 

 tity of treacle, into a proper consistency ; 

 then form them into balls, weighing two 

 ounces each. 



One ball of either of the preceding recipes may 

 be given every third day, until the horse has 

 taken four or five balls : then leave off for a vi^eek ; 

 and, if necessary, repeat them again. His food 

 and water may be cold, as usual. If a cure is not 

 speedily performed by these applications, it will 

 be proper to give him two or three doses of physic : 

 such as (No. 2 or 3, p. 22), or (No. 5, p. 23) ; after 

 which the diuretic balls may be given, and his 

 legs be dressed as above directed. By these me- 

 thods horses that grease at the heels, will in gene- 

 ral, be cured, though the disease be ever so bad, 

 or of long standing. 



