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be applied, extending from the coronet to some inches above 

 the swelling. 



From this period mild doses of medicine and diuretics 

 should be given, accompanied bj a third part of cordial 

 mixture, which is composed of the following ingredients : — 



Caraway powder . . 8 ounces, 



Bruised resins . . 8 ounces, 



Ginger . . • . 4 ounces, 



Palm-oil . . .4 ounces ; 



to be well beaten into a pulp. 



If the horse is of a full habit of body, physic should 

 always be given before diuretics, and in some instances it 

 will be prudent to abstain entirely from giving the latter ; 

 but in cases where the animal is much debilitated, diuretics 

 with the above pulp will be preferable. It will also be 

 necessary to attend carefully to the feeding of horses at this 

 time. Green meat will be found the best, and carrots are 

 still better, and a very moderate cpantity of corn, so that 

 the tendency to fever may be kept down. The next 

 essential is proper exercise, and care must be taken not to 

 overdo it ; and when the animal has been walked for some 

 days, he may be afterwards exercised at a gentle trot. 



There is a much worse kind of grease than that which 

 we have just described and prescribed for, although it is not 

 so common. In this species the ulceration spreads over the 

 skin of the heel and the entire fetlock, and a highly 

 sensitive fungus protrudes from both, mixed with scales : 

 it is irritable in the extreme, and bleeds on the slightest 

 touch. In a short time this fungus assumes a covering 

 of a horny texture, projecting in the form of knobs 

 and in congregated bunches, which, from their peculiar 

 similarity to grapes, have acquired that name. From the 



