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until the wart is destroyed. The use of the corrosive lini- 

 ment should invariably follow the last application of the 

 acid. 



Caution. — !N"itric acid is a violent poison, and, if dropped 

 upon the human skin, stains if it does not blister and pro- 

 duce malignant sores. 



DISTEMPER MIXTURE. 

 IX, 



Take one table-spoonful of gunpowder, one of hog's lard, 

 one of soft soap, two of tar, one of gum myrrh ; mix well 

 together, and the quantity will suffice for six doses for a 

 grown horse or ten for a colt. Its daily use will keep the 

 glands open and running during attacks of distemper. Di- 

 rections for its use have been given in the section on distem- 

 per. No danger is to be apprehended from using it freely. 



EYE WASH. 

 X. 



Take three hen's eggs and break them into a quart of 

 clear, cold rain-water. Stir until a thorough mixture is 

 effected. Boil over a slow fire, stirring every few minutes. 

 Add half an ounce of sulphate of zinc (white vitriol); con- 

 tinue the boiling a short time, and the compound is ready 

 for use. In this preparation a solid substance or curd is pre- 

 cipitated or thrown down, and a liquid solution rests upon 

 the top. This liquid is the best wash for the sore eyes of 

 either man or beast that was ever made. 



The curd applied to the inflamed eye at night will draw 

 the fever and soreness nearly' all out by morning. It may 

 be applied to the eye of the horse by fixing a hood over the 

 head, leaving a hole for the accommodation of the sound 

 eye, but fitting tight over the sore, so as to confine the curd 

 to it. About a table-spoonful of the curd should be con- 

 fined in a thin piece of muslin, and laid upon the lids, wet 

 and dripping from the water, and bound fast. After two or 

 three days, the water should be strained from the curd and 

 put . into a bottle for future use. It is well to strain the 



