68 Prescriptiom 



EGGS. In cases of debility and illness, six raw eggs, beaten 

 up with little warm water and salt, may be safely given twice a 

 day as nourishment. Forbid groom ever giving an egg in shell 

 entire, as English lads often do. 



EPSOM SALTS (Sulphate of Magnesia). Four ounces may 

 be mixed daily with the food for a few days (or eight ounces 

 given at once as a drench instead), if laxative is required in 

 fever, disease of liver or any respiratory organ. 



FUMIGATION to get rid of mosquitoes and other insects. 

 Shut all doors and apertures, place burning charcoal in various 

 spots and throw on it a pound or so of sulphur; let the fumes fill 

 the building for four hours, then thoroughly ventilate it before 

 bringing back the horses. 



GOULARD'S EXTRACT is a safe application for burns and 

 scalds, or after blistering and firing to soothe the surface. 



GRUEL. IVIix one pound oatmeal in gallon of water ; keep 

 stirring over fire till it boils and five minutes afterwards. It is a 

 good restorative, preferable to beer, stout, or spirits. 



GUM ARABIC can be given as a drench, half ounce dissolved 

 in a pint of water, as a demulcent to allay irritation of kidneys 

 and bladder. 



HAIR OINTMENT. Common Vaseline pomade sold by hair 

 dressers for human baldness is very efficacious to promote quick 

 growth of hair after broken knees on any place where hair is 

 knocked off. Ryves recommends betel-nuts charred and rubbed 

 down with cocoanut oil. This being black, also conceals scars on 

 dark-coloured horses. A mixture of one drachm cantharides 

 with two ounces of lard rubbed in hard twice a day will restore 

 hair 



HAND RUBBING of the belly and sides is good for colic, but 

 bad for enteritis or inflamed bowels, as stated in the treatment 

 for those diseases. Hand -rubbing of the legs reheves fulness and 

 is beneficial. 



HOOF OINTMENT. Clarke's Hoplemuroma is best. A 

 cheap substitute is one pound Stockholm {jwt coal ) tar, one 

 pound lard, and half pound turpentine, melted together. 



LINSEED MASH. Boil \h pound hnseed for eight hours, 

 not very thick: mix in two pounds bran and one ounce salt. Cover 

 over and let stand till cool enough to be eaten, 



LINSEED OIL. Dose 1 to 1 J- pint as a purgative, cold drawn 

 and not boiled. It does not irritate the bowels as aloes some- 

 times do. Two ounces may be mixed daily with the ordinary 

 food of a horse which is out of condition. 



