160 LOTIONS, PURGES, BLISTERS, ETC. 



mixed in two quarts of hot soap-suds. (Soothing and 

 laxative.) 



Ointment (to recover hair). — Equal parts hogs' lard 

 and mercurial ointment, with very finely poivdered 

 burnt leather to colour it. 



Poultices are made of bran or linseed-meal, with 

 boiling water, and applied as hot as bearable. They 

 are seldom used except for the feet, in which cases the 

 leather shoe is useful. 



Water-dressing (for sores, &c.) — Pads of linen kept 

 continually fully saturated with water, and entirely 

 over them is kept fixed a waterproof covering of oiled 

 silk or calico (gutta-percha is too liable to tear), to pre- 

 vent evaporation. The pads should be changed every 

 three or four hours, and cleansed where they are in- 

 tended to promote effusion of matter. 



For Acidity. — A lump of chalk kept in the manger. 



For General Health. — A lump of rock-salt always in 

 the manger. 



For Worms. — One to two grains of arsenic and 

 twenty grains of kamela twice daily (each dose mixed 

 in a handful of wet bran, and given with oats or other 

 feeding) for eighteen days, and a purge the nineteenth 

 morning. The horse may get moderate work during 

 the administration of the powders. Or, common salt, 

 a tablespoonful daily, to be mixed with the food. 



Strong Mustard Blister. — For cases of acute inflam- 

 mation, mustard to be made into a paste, eight ounces; 

 oil of turpentine, two ounces — To be well rubbed into 

 the chest or belly in severe inflammation. 



Blisters should never be applied to a horse's four legs 

 at the same time, as is the practice with some farriers. 

 Two legs only should be blistered at once, and an in- 



