Prescriptions. 



SALT WATER (for hardening skin under collar or saddle). 

 Mix one ounce salt with four ounces cold water, 



SCARS or blemishes may be concealed by applying a little 

 gun-powder and water mixed together. It is perfectly harmless. 

 To renew hair on scars, see "Hair Ointment." 



SEDATIVES. In fever or any affection of the heart, 10 to 20 

 drops of tincture of aconite may be given at intervals, until the 

 pulse is relieved. 



SULPHUR is useful for skin diseases and for fumigation. See 

 those headings. 



SUTTOO is an inferior substitute for gruel in India. A pound 

 of finely ground parched gram and barley, or of Indian corn, is 

 put in half a bucket of cold water for the horse to drink. 



STOPPING for feet. Cowdung with one-fourth its weight of 

 clay well mixed. Stopping should never be used except when 

 foot is hot from long day's work, or it is necessary to soften the 

 sole prior to cutting it. 



TARTAR EMETIC should never be given to horses, as its 

 action, like that of castor-oil, is very uncertain. 



TONICS. After illness, change of air and scenery, even if only 

 to another stable, is beneficial. Best tonics are fresh air, good 

 grooming, feeding, exercise, and judicious clothing. If medicine 

 be necessary, take sticks of common chiretta, dry in sun, reduce 

 to powder, and sprinkle half ounce twice a day over the food. 

 Horses like it. Or mix one drachm sulphate of iron with the 

 food twice a day. 



After fever, half a drachm of quinine dissolved in a few drops 

 of sulphuric acid, and then mixed with a pint of water is a good 

 tonic, repeating after three days if necessary. Or give two 

 ounces of tincture of gentian in a pint of water. 



After long illness of fever, cough, or catarrh, followed by 

 great debility, mix one ounce blue vitriol (sulphate of copper) 

 with half ounce white sugar. Divide into eight powders, and 

 give one or two daily in the food. This is also a good astringent 

 powder for grease. 



VINEGAR should not be used with mustard plasters. Spong- 

 ing the nostrils and dock with weak vinegar and water is refresh- 

 ing to sick animals, and a stronger mixture is a restorative after 

 fatigue. Vinegar and hot water in equal quantities is a lotion 

 for sprains and bruises. 



