S74 APP. — OINTMENT FOR THE HEELS. 



dial drink, and given in a quart of cold water, it 

 will be the same as that communicated by the 

 author in the Globe evening paper of July 15, 1808, 

 for the public good. In the winter season, or at 

 any other time of the year, when the horse has 

 not been over-heated, this drink may be given in 

 a pint of warm ale for the colic or gripes, and 

 flatulencies in the stomach or intestines. 



(RECIPE, No. 201.) 



An Ointment for Greasy Heels. 



Take — White ointment, one pound ; 



White vitriol, blue vitriol, and sugar of lead, 



in powder, of each half an ounce : 

 Mix well together. 



This ointment, when used, must be spread on 

 strong brown paper, and applied over the part that 

 greases, and bandaged on with listing. The horse 

 may, after dressing, be turned into a dry straw- 

 yard, and a few diuretic balls given to him, such as 

 (No. 152, p. 199); one may be given every third 

 day. One dressing is in general sufficient to 

 perform a cure ; if not, it may be repeated in a 

 week after. 



