HUNTERS 



burst, it will be necessary to smear the part with 

 some soothing application such as lard, vaseline, 

 carbolic oil or carron liniment. It is not ad- 

 visable to blister more than two joints, Sec, 

 at once; in fact, it is cruel to do otherwise. 

 To reduce puffy swellings about joints, such as 

 windgalls, capped-hock, &c., iodine ointment, 

 or liniment, is the best counter-irritant. When 

 hunters are blistered and turned out for the 

 summer a cradle should be put on. As a 

 counter irritant for lung, throat and abdominal 

 troubles, mustard paste is largely used, and 

 its degree of action is regulated by the time 

 that it is allowed to remain on. In some 

 instances the paste is well rubbed in, and 

 washed off again in about an hour's time, the 

 skin being subsequently rubbed with soap lini- 

 ment. If allowed to remain on, it often pro- 

 duces very severe effects, but circumstances 

 sometimes necessitate this. The activity of 

 mustard is increased by the addition of white oil, 



PHYSIC 



By the term physic, horsemen understand a 

 purgative^ usually given as the so-called physic 



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