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time, it is with difficulty removed sometimes it can 

 never be perfectly eradicated ; and no error can be so 

 gross as to suppose that such a running is at times 

 beneficial to the health of the horse. 



If the animal be young or plethoric, a few doses of 

 physic may be advantageous. With older horses a 

 course of diuretics will suit better. 



To stop the running, after washing the parts care 

 fully, apply :— 



Common JEgyptiacum - - 2 ounces, 

 Oil of Turpentine - - 1 ounce, 



mixed. 



If this fail, try the following, which must be intro- 

 duced on a pledget of tow, but as gently as possible : — 

 Blue Vitriol, (powdered) - - 2 ounces, 

 White Vitriol, (powdered) - 1 ounce, 



Tar - - - ' - 1 pound. 



Lard 2 pounds, 



well mixed into an ointment. 



During the progress towards a cure, each day the 

 rough edges should be either removed or softened by 

 bathing in warm water. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS 



Used to be but little understood by the farriers of the 

 old school, and it has been reserved for modern science 

 and practice to develope such treatment as will tend to 

 work a cure for this disease among horses that would, 

 not very long since, have been inevitably doomed to 

 the dog-kennel. 



Causes, — Nothins: so readily brings on this disease 



