STRAINS, SORE FEET, AND WORMS 55 



The bottle should be well corked, and put into a bark-bed, or dunghill, for 

 about ten days or a fortnight. The tongue of the dog, in most cases, is his 

 best surgeon ; where he can apply that, he will seldom need any other remedy. 

 A green, or seton, in the neck, is of great relief in most disorders of the eyes ; 

 and I have frequently known dogs, almost blind, recovered by it : it is also 

 of service when dogs are shaken in the shoulders, and has made many sound. 1 

 In the latter case, there should be two, one applied on each side, and as near 

 to the shoulder as it is possible. The following ointment may be used to 

 disperse swellings : 



Of fresh mutton-suet, tried, two pounds ; 



Of gum-elemi, one pound ; 



Of common turpentine, ten ounces. 



The gum is to be melted with the suet, and, when taken from the fire, the 

 turpentine is to be mixed with it, straining the mixture while it is hot. Dogs 

 frequently are stubbed in the foot. The tincture before mentioned, and 

 this, or any digestive ointment, will soon recover them. a For strains, I use 

 two-thirds of spirits of wine, and one of turpentine, mixed up together : 

 the British oil is also good. Hounds, from blows, or other accidents, are 

 often lame in the stifle : either of these, frequently applied, and long rest, 

 are the likeliest means that I know of to recover them. The following excel- 

 lent remedy for a strain, with which I have cured myself and many others, I 

 have also found of benefit to dogs, when strained in the leg or foot : 



Dissolve two ounces of camphor in half a pint of spirits of wine, and 

 put to it a bullock's gall. The part affected must be rubbed before the fire 

 three or four times a day. 



Sore feet are soon cured with brine, pot-liquor, or salt and vinegar ; 

 a handful of salt to a pint of vinegar : if neither of these will do, mercurial- 

 ointment may then be necessary. A plaster of black pitch is the best cure 

 for a thorn, in either man, horse, or dog ; and I have known it succeed after 

 everything else had failed. If the part be much inflamed, a common poul- 

 tice bound over the plaster will assist in the cure. Hounds frequently are 

 lame in the knee, sometimes from bruises, sometimes from the stab of a 

 thorn : digestive ointment rubbed in upon the part, will generally be of 

 service. 3 I have also known good effects from a poultice of Goulard, changed 

 two or three times a day : it must be sewed on, the dog kept by himself, and 

 muzzled. 



1 Turning a hound out of the kennel will sometimes cure a lameness in the shoulders. An 

 attentive huntsman will perceive, from the manner of a hound's galloping, when this lameness 

 takes place ; and the hound should be turned out immediately. Care should be taken, that a 

 hound turned out do not become fat. 



2 An obstinate lameness is sometimes increased by humours : physic, in that case, may 

 be necessary to remove it. 



3 If the knee continue foul, blisters, and long rest afterwards, are the most likely to 

 recover it. 



