CHAPTER XIV 



BLISTERING, PHYSIC, ADMINISTERING 

 MEDICINE, ETC. 



BLISTERING AND COUNTER 

 IRRITANTS 



Blistering the limbs of hunters Is one of the 

 commonest practices adopted In hunting estab- 

 lishments, and there Is no doubt that It con- 

 stitutes a very reliable method of dealing with 

 many troubles that would otherwise prove 

 refractory to treatment. Sprung tendons, splint, 

 bone-spavin, curb, and various other allied 

 troubles are usually dealt with by blistering, or 

 by a combination of this with firing. The sub- 

 stances generally used as blister agents are the 

 following : 



Cantharides, or the Indian blister beetle. 

 Red biniodide of mercury, 

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