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maslies, with a little hay, and afterwards turned od 

 rather short pasture. 



The following ointment should be well rubbed into 

 the affected (luarter, immediately after milking, but it 

 must be carefully washed off again with warm water 

 before the milk is drawn. 



RECIPE. 



Mercurial Garget Ointrncnt. — Take soft soap, one 

 pound ; mercurial ointment, two ounces ; camphor, rub- 

 bed down with a little spirit of wine, one ounce : rub 

 them well together. 



In obstinate cases the iodine has been applied to the 

 indurated udder with great success. 



RECIPE. 



Iodine Ointment. — Take hydriodate of potash, one 

 drachm ; lard, seven drachms : rub them well together. 



' A portion, varying from the size of a nut to that of a 

 filbert, according to the extent and degre3 of the swell- 

 ing and hardness, should be well rubbed into the affected 

 part morning and night. 



The bowels must be kept open with half-doses of No. 

 2. The fever drink, No. 1, will also be useful, or od« 

 more decidedly diuretic, as the following 



RECIPE. 



Diuretic Drink. — Take powdered nitre, one ounce; 

 powdered rosin, two ounces; ginger, two drachms: mix 

 them well together in a little treacle, and give them in 

 warm gruel. 



In extreme cases, slight incisions with a lancet, where 

 matter cannot be detected, will often be serviceable. 

 The flow of blood should be encouraged by fomentations 

 with warm water. The teats are sometimes cut off in 



