CANKER IN THE MOUTH. Sill 



CHAP. XLVII. 



CANKER IN THE MOUTH. 



The canker is generally owing to the bridle- 

 bit being rusty, and may easily be known by the 

 little blotches, or brown specks, which appear on 

 the tongue and other parts of the mouth. If, 

 however, the disease is not caused by the bridle- 

 bit, it appears in small white specks, and in time 

 will spread nearly over the whole of the mouth, 

 and occasion irregular ulcers. The following will 

 be found an effectual cure for this complaint. 



(RECIPE, No. 157.) 



A Gargle Mixture. 



Take— Wine vinegax*, half a pint; 



Burnt aluin^ and common salt, of each one 



ounce ; 

 Bole armenic, half an ounce: 

 Mix, and shake them together in a bottle for 



use. 



It will be proper to dress the horse's mouth with 

 this mixture, every morning and evening, in the 

 following manner. Take a small cane, or a piece 

 of whalebone, half a yard long, and tie a linen rag, 



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