WASHES. M5 



In slight attacks, a wash made of a solution of alum, as under, will correct 

 the disposition to grease, and a dose of physic set all to rights in a short time; 

 both, however, regulateil according to circumstances. When considering 

 these, we should inquire into the preceding habits of the patient, as to his 

 usual evacuations, and whether these have been stopped ; for it frequently 

 happens that grease is caused by the suspension of the urine balls, to which 

 many proprietors are so very much addicted, that they give them without rea- 

 son, or suspend the giving through the same whimsicaHty. In this latter case 

 give the diuretic powder, and the horse will require very little more physic. 

 Again, if the animal require opening physic, give him the purging ball as 

 under, and in-door exercise ; but should his debility be then very great, the 

 commotion this would occasion might reduce him too much, and therefore, the 

 alterative ball will do better, with the same attention to in-door exercises if he 

 can bear it. Sonjetimes, however, the heels are so cracked and chapped, that 

 every step the animal takes only makes the matter worse; we should then 

 assiduously apply ourselves to keeping the heels clean, with water of which 

 the chill has been taken off, and with a brush get rid of as much of the run- 

 ning as possible; and after drying it well with cloths, use the alum wash of 

 the stronger preparation ; provided always the inflammation be not too high at 

 the time, but which the warm water without the alum wash has a tendency 

 to alleviate. 



I will now set down the several articles just recommended above, premising 

 this much as an apology for the numerous recipes here prescribed, that the 

 grease requires we should be always doing a something for the animal, either 

 of topical application, or in devising the means of carrying off the cause of the 

 disorder by stool, by urine, or by perspiration. For, by keeping one or other 

 of these evacuations a-going, we enable the animal system, to take up, or ab- 

 sorb (as l)efore described) the watery particles of the lymphatics, which re 

 maining indolent constitute the disease. 



Alum Wash. — No. 1.* 



Alum, 2 ounces. 

 Blue stone, 2 drachm^ 

 Water, 1 pint. 

 Mix and wash the part two or three times a day. 



Strong Alum Wash. — No. 2. 



Alum, ^ 



Sugar of lead, > of each 2 ounces, 



Vinegar, ) 



Water, 1 pint. Mix and use as before. 



Strongest, or Mercurial Wash. — No. 3. 



Corrosive sublimate, 2 drachm^ 

 Muriatic acid, 4 drachms, 

 Water, 1 pint. 

 Mix and apply in inveterate cases. 



of thia, the foUowing is preferred by some persons, and those good judfit !■• 



wSKrcrlor'- ^reachla^ad«n, 

 Water, ] quart. Mix. 

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