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vinegar J pint, burnt akuii 1 oz., common salt 1 oz., Bole 

 armenic J oz., mix and shake in bottle for use. Mop the 

 mouth all round morning and night ; let the horse fast for 

 one hour after each dressing. 



FoH Blain. — Veterinary surgeons lance freely and deeply, 

 and administer aperient medicines. Washing is a good thing, 

 but time must be taken over it. 



Barbs or Paps should never be touched by any instru- 

 ment ; cooling medicine removes them. 



Lampas. — The roof of the mouth may be slightly lanced, 

 or aperient meJicino administered ; but heated irons should 

 never be applied on account of destroying the* sensibility of 

 the mouth. 



Spasmodic Colic. — The horse should be walked about and 

 friction used to the belly. The advice is— two ounce doses 

 ol spirit of turpentine, with an ounce of laudanum and spirit 

 of nitrous a}ther in warm water or gruel. In the event of 

 the above failing, the animal is bled and warm injections are 

 administered. The long continuation of the spasmodic action 

 is liable to produce entanglement of the bowels, then the case 

 is hopeless. 



AVoRMs may be cured by small doses of tartar emetic, or 

 calomel with a liutle ginger being given to the horse half-an- 

 hour before his first meal, and worked off with linseed oil or 

 aloes. 



Catarrh or Cold can be removed by a few mashes and 

 a little medicine. 



Si'ABBY Itchiness on the edge of the eyelid is cured by 

 diluted nitrated ointment of mercury. 



Warts are cut off with the scissors, and the roots touched 

 with lunar caustic. 



Hoof Ointment. — The following simple but useful i3re- 

 scription was given to the Author on board the "Australasian" 

 steamship by an old bushranger, viz. : — Stockholm, or Arch- 

 angel tar and mutton suet melted together, to be brushed 

 round the hoof every day. 



Surfeit is often caused by indigestion ; slight bleeding is 

 serviceable— good food indispensable. 



