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used. It will remove all inflammation and swelling 

 in two days. If there is a cut or wound after ferment- 

 ing, ajiply Blue Ointment Ko. 3 until healed. In case 

 of strain or bruise, apply the General Liniment. 



No. 80. For Distemper. — Oil of origanum one 

 ounce, oil cedar one ounce, tincture cantharides one 

 ounce, olive oil four ounces. Shake well and bathe 

 the throat and glands morning and evening for six 

 daj^s, rub in well with the hand ; he will throw out 

 freely, and the cure is performed. 



No. 81. To Remove Splint. — Croton oil half an 

 ounce, quick silver one drachm, clip the hair close, 

 the size of the enlargement. Shake the bottle well 

 or it will not mix, ( the quicksilver being so much 

 heavier than the oil,) immediately after the bottle 

 is well shaken, take two or three drops on the ends 

 of your lingers and rub on the point of the enlarge- 

 ment. Be careful of getting it on the other parts 

 of the leg, for you must remember it is one of the 

 most powerful blisters known. In six or eight days 

 after applying it to the enlargement, wash off with 

 castile soap and warm water; do not pick the bunch 

 off ; let it loosen and work off gradually. After it 

 comes out, apply the Blue Ointment once a day until 

 healed. 



No. 82. For Worms in Horses. — Take ten grains 

 of arsenic, place m a short ounce vial with mouth- 

 piece large, take on the point of your pocket knife 

 about as much as would lay on half of a three cent 

 piece, and mix in two quarts of dampened shorts, in 



