512 GREASE. 



One formed of the following ingredients will be found to 

 act admirably in cleansing, and at the same time soothing 

 the parts : — 



Powdered charcoal two pounds. 



Fresli ale yeast one pint. 



Bran one quart. 



Barley-meal one quart. 



Add a sufficiency of blood-warm water, then sprinkle the 

 surface with powdered opium, and over that strew pul- 

 verized camphor. Apply it at night, and remove in the 

 morning. 



Swelled Legs, with Discharge. — In some instances with a 

 general want of condition, the result of disease, there is a 

 great tumefaction of all the extremities, which is apt to be 

 followed by serous discharge from several outlets. The 

 curative plan in this case is more complicated ; for we have 

 to combat the general debility by generous diet in the form 

 of speared corn, malt mashes, with carrots, &c. in winter ; 

 and also to lessen the watery deposit by very mild remedies. 

 Mild tonics may be administered, but every thing of a 

 draining or depletive description strictly withheld. No 

 matter what shall be urged to recommend diuretics or pur- 

 gatives, let the proprietor firmly resist all such poison. 

 The following is a mild tonic drink : — 



Sound ale one pint. 



Carbonate of ammonia half a drachm. 



Extract of gentian half an ounce. 



Tincture of capsicums half a drachm. 



Rub down the extract and the carbonate in some of the ale, 

 and give night and morning. It was before hinted that 

 cases occur of discharge from the heels, where astringents, 

 immediately applied, only irritate : every practitioner must 

 have met with such instances, as they are sufficiently com- 

 mon. Without cavilling about the term, we know that in 

 this form of the complaint it must be patiently soothed, 

 before the parts will suffer themselves to be even gently 

 stimulated by the mildest astringent applications. In these 

 cases the heels, in addition to the tumefaction, and the 

 pouring out of ichorous or semi-purulent discharge in con- 

 siderable quantities, are stiff, tender, and painful in the 

 extreme ; the horse evinces the greatest reluctance to have 

 any thing done to them, and when he is moved snatches up 



