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six dozen eggs, and one pint of salt ; beat them to- 

 getlier nntil it forms a paste ; rnb the afiected part 

 well with the paste, leaving it from four to six hours ; 

 wash it off with strong salt and water, as hot as you 

 can put it on.' Then blanket it well for ten hours. 

 It cures all sprains. 



No. 54 Dope to Trade on, — One ounce of black 

 antimony, mixed with an ounce of cantharides. A 

 small spoonful twice a day will fatten a horse in ten 

 days to trade on. 



No. 56. To Remove Callousness hy Absorption in a 

 shorter time than by liniment. One ounce of alco- 

 hol, and one ounce of pulverized sal ammonia ; bathe 

 the leg every two hours ; bind the leg with straw 

 bands from the hoof to the top of the callous, fill a 

 sponge with the liquid, and place it on for twenty- 

 four hours ; for spavin, add to this liquid half an 

 ounce of cantharides. 



No. 56. Fistula after Breaking. — Take lye from 

 the small black hickory and the roots of the prickly 

 ash, burnt together ; boil down to potash ; put a small 

 portion into the hole, and let it remain four or five 

 days ; remove it, and put in about twenty drops of 

 aqua fortis. 



No. 57. Salve to heal wounds. — Take a piece of 

 poke root about the size of an egg, and two Indian 

 turnips gi-ound fine, and stew one minute with a 

 pound of lard. Put it on every third day. 



No. 58. Fistula or Poll Foil before breaking or 

 matter is formed. Two ounces oil of turpentine, two 



