256 THORNS PHYSIC STRAINS Oil BRUISES. 



THORNS. 



" For thorns," says Mr. Daniel, " a plaster of black 

 pitch is the best cure for man, horse, or dog ; and has 

 succeeded after all other things have failed." I must, 

 however (to speak as I have found it), observe, that a 

 poultice of linseed meal surpasses every remedy I have 

 yet tried, provided the thorn cannot be extracted, or cut 

 out. But if the thorn can be got rid of, I should let 

 the dog complete the cure with the most healing of all 

 applications his own tongue; by which there is no risk 

 of softening or irritating his feet. 



PHYSIC 



Should be given to dogs before they begin their hard 

 work. Nothing is better than a mixture of one ounce 

 of jalap and a pint of syrup of buckthorn. With a 

 large table spoonful of this mixture every dog should be 

 drenched twice in each of the two weeks preceding the 

 sporting season. The dogs should also, in hot weather, 

 have some pieces of brimstone in their water-troughs. 

 If people would only take this trouble, we should not 

 so often hear of dogs going mad, or dropping down 

 dead in the field. 



STRAINS OR BRUISES. 



I have always found, that an immediate and long 

 continued application of water, as hot as it can possibly 

 be borne, is, in these cases, the best fomentation that 

 can be applied to man or beast. 



