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likewife; that is, the horfe muft be liberally fup- 

 ported with corn and malt maflies ; and if he will 

 not eat, ale and gruel muft be forced on him. The 

 wound fliould be dreffed with camphorated fpirits 

 of wine, or with an ointment compofed of equal 

 parts of lard and oil of tui-pentine. When the of- 

 fenfive fmell ceafes, and the part produces proper 

 matter, the cafe may be then regarded as likely to 

 terminate favourably. The healthy parts furround- 

 ing the mortified edges fhould never be cut or fcari- 

 fied : that is only producing a greater effedl on ihe 

 conftitution, and bringing the living into the fame 

 lUte as the dead parts. 



GLANDERS. 



When a horfe has confirmed glanders, it would, 

 perhaps, be better, in every inftance, to kill him ; 

 though there is little reafon to doubt that the difeafe 

 is curable, although the means are unknown to us, 

 A London farrier, of the name of Cunningham, has, 

 I underftand, a nofi:rum that has fucceeded in a few 

 cafes. By the violent efteds it produces, there is 

 reafon to fuppofe it confifi:s of fome of the mineral 

 acids, as arfenic, corrofive fublimate, or verdigris. 



If a convenient place can be fet apart, a courfe 

 of the 



Farcy Balls [page 22] may be tried, and they 

 now and then do good. The principal caution ne- 



