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resorting to friction) to use the following liniment, which may be 



rubbed on the legs every night : — 



Essence of cedar, 2 ounces, 



Tincture of capsicum, .... 1 ounce, 

 New rum, 1 pint. 



Another 



Spirits of hartshorn, 2 ounces, 



Olive oil, 8 ounces. 



Mix together. 



The stimulants referred to may be given in the following pro- 

 portions : — 



Powdered grains of paradise, . . 1 ounce, 



" capsicum, «| ounce, 



" ginger, 1 ounce, 



" slippery elm, . . . . \ pound. 



Mix ; divide the mass into six parts, and scatter one on cut feed f 

 night and morning. 



It may be well to observe, however, (for fear the reader should 

 make a mistake, and consider a case of scarlatina, scarlet fever, 

 as one of anasarca) that simple malignant disease of this type, so 

 well known to our race, does (though somewhat rarely) attack 

 the horse ; in either form of which — simple or malignant — 

 swelling of the legs more or less prevails. There are some fea- 

 ures in the latter malady by which it may be distinguished from 

 every other form of disease. 



Swelling of the belly, sheath, and breast arise from effusion of 

 fluid into the cellular tissues of the parts, and are nothing more 

 nor less than local dropsy, and consequently can be treated in the 

 same manner as anasarca. 



STINGS OF BEES. 



Many cases are on record of horses dying in consequence of 

 an attack by an army of bees. There may, possibly, be no help 

 for such cases ; yet we cannot witness the excruciating torments 

 under which the poor animal labors, without striving to do some 

 thing for its relief. "When the stings are not very numerous, im 

 mediate relief may be obtained by lubricating the parts with n 

 mixture of 



LimlwaterJ equal parte. 



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