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sprinkle nightly over a feed of com half an ounce of liquor arseni- 

 calis. The disease will require time before it yields to treatment. 

 The liquor arsenicalis may be continued two or three months, during 

 which time the horse does his work as usual. Two or three hours' 

 exercise knee deep in salt water is a good thing. A remedy much 

 used by some practitioners is a lotion composed of carbolic acid 

 (pure) and glycerine, of each -|oz., with one part water, to be applied 

 frequently. The legs should be kept free of dirt and wet. 



Some veterinarians contend that the diet should be of a cooling 

 nature — such as bran mashes, carrots, and no corn of any sort. Give 

 (at night) 1 dr. of calomel, and (in the morning) 4dr. of aloes. Let the 

 diseased parts be washed twice a day with soft soap and water ; and, 

 if inflammation is present, or the feet are hot, apply carrot poultices. 

 After their removal daub the parts with diacetate of lead for two 

 days, and then apply an ointment composed of 1 part of finely- 

 powdered alum, 1 of turpentine, and 4 of lard. If possible, rest 

 the animal, and turn out into a pasture. 



The easiest application is to tie one end of an old stocking above 

 the hoof, fill it with bran, and tie the other end below the hock ; 

 then pour a pitcher of warm water down the leg until all be 

 thoroughly saturated. Do this several times a day ; let the bran be 

 turned out and renewed daily. 



Boiled potatoes with bruised oats is a good feed for animals in- 

 clined to break out in humours ; it keeps them in good condition and 

 they are very fond of it. Give the horse the following : Aloes, Idr. ; 

 emetic tartar, Idr. ; sulphate of copper, -Idr., make into a ball with 

 palm oil ; one ball twice a week. Allow plenty of clean straw, and 

 keep the stable free from ammonia. The following, as a poultice, is 

 recommended : Turnips and onions each ^ peck ; Venice turpentine 

 and lard each ^Ib. ; alum, loz. ; oatmeal sufficient to make it of 

 a proper consistency. The onions and turnips to be boiled until 

 soft, and whilst warm the other ingredients to be added. 



The following recipe has been recommended : Administer daily 

 in the water the animal drinks a tablespoonful of nitre, and feed 

 on bran mashes and carrots ; poultice the affected parts on four 

 consecutive nights, when well wash the legs, and dress with Burnett's 

 solution of chloride of zinc, loz. to a pint of water. 



As a variation to the above, administer daily in the water the 

 animal drinks two drachms of nitre, and weekly a ball containing 

 one drachm of aloes. Dress the affected parts with chloride of 

 lime and lard, three drachms of the former to an ounce of the 

 latter. 



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