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Mix ; divide into twelve parts, and give one, in the food, night 

 and morning. In either case, it will not be good policy to continue 

 the poultices for any length of time ; for, knowing as we do, from 

 actual experience, that warmth and moisture combined, in the 

 form of a poultice, are relaxing, and therefore enervating, and 

 that grease, in its early stage, is merely augmented issue, the 

 poultice might have the effect, if repeated, of inviting fluids to 

 the parts. Still the ingredients might be so combined as to pos- 

 sess astringent properties. The following is an example : — 



Slippery elm, or flaxseed, . . ad libitum, 

 Powdered bayberry bark, ) , . 



charcoal, $ ' ' e< * uai P arts * 



Mix. Perhaps, with the addition of a small quantity of salt 

 and bloodroot, this poultice would form the most proper one in 

 the advanced stage of the disease ; for we are taught that astrin- 

 gents have a tendency to suppress the secretion, and the discharge, 

 sooner or later, becomes arrested. After poulticing the parts, as 

 the nature of the case seems to demand, we then endeavor to aid 

 nature in her efforts at restoration, both by local and general 

 means. If, for example, the heels crack, become dry, hard, and 

 contracted, the surface should be smeared over with 



Linseed oil, ^ 



Powdered charcoal, £• . . . equal parts. 

 " sulphur, } 



Mix the charcoal and sulphur with a sufficient quantity of oil 

 to make it of the consistence of cream, and apply it to the parts, 

 with a brush, night and morning. 



The general means imply a restoration of all the secretions and 

 excretions, by the use of alteratives. The following is a good 

 example : — 



Powdered sulphur, "} 



11 bloodroot, 



" sassafras, > . . . equal parts. 

 Cream of tartar, 

 Skunk cabbage, J 



Dose, half an ounce, night and morning, mixed with the food. 



There is one remedy which the writer has found well adapted 

 to almost every case of grease, or scratches ; and it is highly 

 recommended by Professor Morton, of the Royal Veterinary 

 College. It consists of 



