DISEASES OF HORSES. 155 



TO GROW HAIR. 



Add as much sulphur to sweet oil as will make it as 

 thick as cream; apply to the mane and tail, rubbing 

 in thoroughly at least twice a week. This, it is said, 

 will grow hair on the tail and mane rapidly. Must 

 cleanse parts well with Castile soap and water each 

 time before applying the ointment. 



GALLS, CUTS AND SORES. 



Galls, cuts and sores should be kept well cleansed 

 as often as possible with Castile soap and water, and 

 if they are chafed and rubbed by the harness, the 

 parts of the harness should be kept clean at all times 

 wherever they touch the cut, gall, or sore. Apply an 

 ointment of the following: Pulv. alum 4 oz., pulv. 

 blood root 4 oz., white lead 4 oz., calomel 2 oz. 

 Mix with glycerine, sweet oil, or lard, to make an 

 ointment. I have never known it to fail on cuts, 

 galls, and even scratches. 



Or, pulv. Castile soap 4 oz., camphor gum 4 oz., 

 calomel 2 oz. Mix with glycerine, sweet oil, or lard, 

 to make an ointment. I have known galls or cuts to 

 heal up readily while at work, especially if the horse's 

 blood is well cleansed. 



Drenching is the best mode of giving medicine, ex- 

 cept in powdered form in damp feed. We use the 

 twist in many cases to control the patient. For 

 example, to put in setons, to dress wounds, in using 

 the tooth-rasp, in operating for poll evil, in fistula, 

 etc. Care in throwing the horse and securing him 

 well before operation should be made a specialty. 

 If half done it will leave a chance to struggle, some- 

 times causing a rupture of the blood vessels, or in 

 flouncing around make him very sore. 



