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ing balls should be given every other day for some time, and 

 they will work by urine the day following : 



4 ounces of Yellow Resin. 

 2 ounces of Salt of Prunel. 



1 ounce of Oil of Juniper. 



2 ounces of Salt of Tartar. 

 8 ounces of Castile Soap. 



1 ounce of Camphor. 



Put these into a mortar with about two ounces of honey, 

 or as much as will make them into balls, and they will carry 

 off the offending humors, and free the blood from its noxious 

 qualities. But at the same time that these internal remedies 

 are taken, outward ones should not be omitted. The legs 

 should be bathed with warm verjuice 5 and, if very bad, a 

 poultice of boiled turnips applied. If turnips can not be 

 got, make a poultice of linseed meal and bran, with a little 

 hog's lard in to prevent it from growing hard. 



Sometimes horses are neglected when in the Grease till 

 they have what are called grape-legs. These may be cured 

 on their first appearance, when they are in the bud, by lay- 

 ing on caustic, or corrosive sublimate. When the swelling 

 is abated, make the following into a salve to dress the 

 sores with : 



1 ounce of Blue Stone Vitriol, in powder. 



2 ounces of White Lead, in powder. 

 4 ounces of Honey. 



Mix these well together, and lay them on the sores with 

 tow, to heal them ; but, should they continue foul, and not 

 frame to heal, mix four ounces of green salve, and four 

 ounces of .^gyptiacum ointment well together, and lay it 

 on in the above manner. The mixture will both heal and 

 dry up the sores. 



Scratches. 



This disease is a forerunner of the Grease, and is a hot 

 oozing matter that breaks out like links, with a nauseous 

 smell. It is very troublesome to a horse, causing his heels 

 to look red and angry, and to be very sore ; and sometimes 

 it is so violent as to render a horse lame, and make him 

 unfit for use. 



If you do not bleed and physic as soon as you find a heat 

 in a horse's heels, you may soon have him laid in the Grease. 

 Sometimes in slight touches of this complaint the heels are 

 not hotter than usual. In that case, take a little flour of 

 sulphur and spirits of wine, mix them together into an oint- 

 ment, and fill the cracks well with it. When the disorder is 



