224 CANKER IN THE FOOT. 



(RECIPE, No. 166.) 



Take— Egyptiacum, four ounces; 



Alum, in fine powder, half an ounce; 



Blue vitriol, and white vitriol, of each two 



drachms, in powder : 

 Mix them in a gallypot. 



Anoint all the diseased part of the foot with the 

 compound tincture (No. 164, p. 222), then take 

 pledgets of tow, and dip in the above mixture 

 (No. 166, above), and apply all over the parts 

 affected : and upon this dressing, let pledgets of 

 tow be spread with the stopping (No. 165, p. 222) 

 sufficient to cover the whole; afterwards fill up 

 the vacancy with dry hurds, and splinter it down 

 to the foot as fast as possible : by this method of 

 dressing, the cure will be effected much sooner. 

 The foot must be dressed once a day ; and if any 

 fungous flesh appears, sprinkle a little verdigris 

 in powder over it. 



Sometimes the horse loses his hoof in this dis- 

 order, which renders the cure more difficult, and 

 also occasions much trouble. If the shoe cannot 

 be made fast to the foot, it will be difficult to 

 fasten on the dressings, unless a boot be made for 

 the purpose. In this case there are frequently so 

 many cloths, or rags, and hurds applied, as to 



