204 HORSE SENSE. 



in the feed each night, to regulate the digestion. If it is an old chronic 

 case ,it may be followed by the following: 



Powdered goldenseal I ounce 



Powdered gentian I ounce 



Powdered balmony i ounce 



Flaxseed meal V2 pound 



Mix and divide into six parts, giving one night and morning in the 

 feed. The legs should be well hand-rubbed daily and if this does not 

 reduce the swelling, the following may be used as a liniment: 



Essence of cedar 2 ounces 



Tincture capsicum I ounce 



New rum i pint 



Mix and bathe the legs well every night, or for a little stronger 

 remedy take: 



Spirits ammonia ■. 2 ounces 



Olive oil 8 ounces 



FOOT SORE HORSES. 



Linseed oil Vz pint 



Spirits turpentine 4 ounces 



Oil tar 6 ounces 



Oil Oraganiim 6 ounces 



Mix and apply all over the feet with a sponge, often. 



FEVERED LEGS. 



Chloride ammonia 4 ounces 



Tincture asafoetida 2 drachms 



Acetic acid i gallon 



Mix and use one ounce to the quart of water or witch-hazel for bath- 

 ing the legs after a drive. 



CRACKED HEELS. 



Goulards' extract J4 ounce 



Tannin • V2 ounce 



Gum camphor J4 ounce 



Charcoal i ounce 



Sulphur 2 ounces 



Lard Va, pound 



Mix and apply to the affected parts. 



REMOVAL OF WARTS. 



Warts with a broad base can be removed by taking a suture needle 

 and threading with two strong ligatures. Pass the needle through the 

 base of the wart down to the skin and tie each half of the wart separately 

 with a surgeons knot and cut the threads close to the knots. If the work 

 is well done the wart will drop ofT in a short time. A wart with a small 

 pedicle can be removed by a single ligature, or with the Ecrasuer, 



BODY WASH. 



Aqua ammonia 2 ounces 



Tincture opium 2 ounces 



Tincture cantharides 2 ounces 



Compound soap liniment i pint 



Witch-hazel I pint 



Rain-water i pint 



Mix and use ab^ut two ounces of this to the pint of rain-water, to be 



