270 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



Take :— 



Blue Pill - • - - 12 drachms. 

 Opium - . - - 2 drachms. 



Linseed Meal - - - 1 ounce. 



Form this into a mass with soft soap, and divide into 

 six balls. Give one eveiy second morning, fasting. 

 Or, take — 



Sulphate of Copper - - 12 drachms. 

 Or— 



Sulphate of Iron - - - 12 drachms. 

 Take either of the above, and form into a mass with 

 linseed meal and soap, and divide into six balls, and 

 give one every morning. 



Setons between the jaw seems to do some gooc'.. and 

 the following has been used satisfactorily: — 

 Take- 

 Tartar Emetic - - - 1 drachm, 

 Hog's Lard - - - 1 ounce, 



formed into an ointment. 



Rub this on the cheek and round the eye till small 

 pimples arise ; but especial care must be taken that 

 none be allowed to enter the eye of the horse, which 

 would be highly injurious. 



STRAINS IN GENERAL. 



Strains are of two kinds : the one originating in the 

 ligamentary parts, by which the different joints are 

 preserved in contact ; the other by a relaxation of the 

 muscles or tendons, or by a rupture of any of the 

 membranes covering or adhering to such tendons, 

 whose purposes are the direct office of motion. Hence 



