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three or four times a day. Bathe the leg between times with the cooling 

 lotion, No. 12, or make one as follows : 



No. 13. 1 Pint strong vinegar, 



1 llaudfiil common salt, 

 1 Pint water. 

 Mix. 



Bandage as tight as the soreness of the leg Tvill allow, with a dry cotton 

 or linen bandage, immediately after applying the liniment. AVhen the 

 soreness is nearly gone apply the following liniment, well rubbed in after 

 bathing with hot water, twice a day, and increase the tightness of the 

 bandage from day to day : 



Ho. 14. 1 Ounce tincture arnica, 



1 Ounce tincture opium, 

 1 Ounce turpentine, 

 1 Ounce alcohol, 

 1 Ounce licpior annnonia, 

 Water, to make one pint. 

 Mix. 



If the liniment irritates the skin much, suspend it for a few days and 

 grease with fresh lard till healed, then repeat it. Give this treatment and 

 rest for three or four weeks, then if there is a probable cure, turn the 

 the horse out for a run at grass ; if not, clip off the hair and blister well 

 with No. 9. When the blister has taken, smear over it some fresh lard 

 to keep the air from it and prevent pain. After two days it will need 

 washing, and when dry grease it. Eepeat this once a day till healed, and 

 give -?. long rest. If all these means fail to effect a cure, or if the case is 

 an old, long standing one the firing iron must be resorted to. Clip off 

 the hair and fire in lines feathered as directed for curb. We would rec- 

 ommend in this, as well as in all similar cases, that the operation of firing 

 be done by a qualified veterinary surgeon, for it is very easy to ruin a 

 good horse by firing too deep ; it is an operation that requires exjDerience 

 and good judgment. 



It will be found in most cases in which the suspensory ligaments are 

 sprained, that the firing iron will have to be used, as they are very 

 obstinate and will not yield to mild treatmefit. But in most cases 

 in which it is the others that are affected the milder treatment 

 will be effectual. To get the thickening out of the blistered leg, 

 after the treatment is done, shower the leg with cold water tAvo or three 

 times a day, and also give it plenty of hard rubbing and bandage. Omit 

 the high heels as soon as the soreness is gone from the tendons and 

 before giving the treatment requiring the long rest. 



