^4 AMERICAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK. 



Method of using. — Always shake the hottle well before tak- 

 ing out the stopper. Pour the liquid into an earthen vessel, 

 as it corrodes vessels of metal. Apply with a little mop of 

 soft rasr. In all bone affections the liniment is to be thor- 

 oughly dried in by means of a hot iron, held close to the 

 medicated spot, but not close enough to burn the animal. 

 Particular directions are given, in connection with the de- 

 scription of diseases, how to proceed in reference to quantity 

 and manner of using the liniment. 



Cautions. — ^Keep the materials for making this preparation 

 and the medicine itself out of the way of children. Taken 

 internally it is a violent poison, but may be antidoted by the 

 white of eggs. , It will not hurt the hands provided the skin 

 is whole and sound. It is so corrosive that persons unac- 

 quainted with its use are sometimes alarmed at the severity 

 with which it acts upon the skin of the horse. Nothing 

 more strikingly shows the difference between the constitu- 

 tion of the horse and that of the human being than the ac- 

 tion of this medicine, which, while it dreadfully inflames, 

 corrodes, and puffs out the skin o5f the former, harms that 

 of the latter not at all. 



MAY-APPLE LINIMENT. 

 II. 



Make a strong decoction from about a gallon of May-apple 

 roots, continuing to boil until you obtain a thick syrup — tak- 

 ing care not to burn it. While still boiling, add one-fourth as 

 much old bacon or lard as you have syrup, remembering to 

 stir all the time ; remove from the fire, and preserve for use. 



Use. — We use this liniment in cases of ulcers and tumors 

 where matter has formed. It is also employed in cases of 

 fistula and poll-evil in their second stage ; that is, when sup- 

 puration or festering has set in. In this stage of those dis- 

 eases this remedy never fails to cure. It is slow in its action, 

 but very certain if properly used. It inflames the skin, puff- 

 ing it out like a honey-comb, and draws the fever and mat- 

 ter all to the surface. 





