USE OF MERCURIAL OINTMENT. 259 



CHAP. LXV. 



ON MERCURIAL OINTMENT, AND ITS USE. 



About forty years ago this ointment was but 

 little known in the practice of farriers ; since that 

 time its use has very much increased throughout 

 the kingdom. Lincolnshire, in particular, is a 

 noted county for the great consumption of that 

 article. The author of these sheets constantly 

 makes up from ten to twenty hundred weight of 

 hog's lard into mercurial ointment for sheep every 

 year.* 



The following ointment will be found of excel- 

 lent use for many complaints in horses, as may be 

 seen in different parts of this work. 



* For practical directions concerning the use of this 

 powerful medicine among neat cattle and sheep, the 

 author begs leave to refer to his Practical Treatise 

 on the Diseases of Horned Cattle and Slieep; entitled 

 " Every Man his own Cattle Doctor." 



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