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Take— 



Barbadoes Tar - - -2 ounces. 



Spirits of Turpentine - . 2 ounces. 



Opodeldoc - - _ . 4 ounces. 

 Mix them well together, and keep well stopped for 

 use. 



This application is of little use without rest. Too 

 much stress cannot be laid on this most predominant 

 and necessary article, from which the greatest good 

 must certainly result. To the want of patience and 

 mercy only it is to be attributed that so many fine 

 horses have been considerably blemished, instead 

 of being indulged with proper time in the field. 



GREASE, {see also ^.y). 144---149.) 



1'his complaint takes on different states or stages, 

 w^hich being known by different terms, as swelled legs, 

 cracks, grease, graped heels, &c., are apt to be con- 

 sidered as distinct diseases ; but the causes producing 

 any one of them may produce the other, and the treat- 

 ment of all must be grounded on the same principles. 



Nevertheless, for simplicity of reference, we shall 

 consider these several states separately, still blending 

 the character of the specific affection, and the treat- 

 ment. 



Of Cracks. — As a consequence of general plethora, 

 the capillaries of the heels are subject to distention and 

 consequent inflammation. This state is frequently the 

 consequence of a sudden change in the habit of life, 

 and therefore frequently show^s itself in yoimg horses 

 which have been at once removed without due caution 



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