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cooling and laxative medicines will be beneficial ; if he is suffering 

 from debility, tonics and astringents will be required. In the first 

 case four to six ounces of sulphate of magnesia dissolved in water 

 may be given every second day for a week or two ; and in the second 

 instance a drachm of sulphate of iron, with half a drachm of dilute 

 sulphuric acid, may be administered daily in a pint of water or 

 good ale. 



BOTS. 



Keep the animal from food and drink for twelve hours ; on the 

 following morning give a couple of quarts of warm milk, sweetened 

 with treacle, and in about an hour afterwards drench the horse with 

 a strong dose of Glauber's salts (warmj ; he will bring away the 

 bots. If necessary repeat the dose. 



Again : Give a ball composed of tartar emetic 2drs., ginger 15grs., 

 Barbadoes aloes Idr., syrup enough to make a ball ; and next day 

 give a pint of linseed oil as a drench. This double dose may be 

 repeated once a week till the bots are supposed to be destroyed. 



BRITTLE HOOF, 



Dress the horse's feet both inside and out with the following 

 compound : lib. of Barbadoes tar, lib. of Burgundy pitch, lib. of 

 soft soap, lib. of hog's lard, and lib. of bees '-wax. Boil in a 

 pipkin, over a slow fire, stirring meanwhile until well mixed, and let 

 it stand until cold before using. During the heat of the summer, 

 exercise the horse every morning on the grass while the dew is 

 upon it. 



Eemove the shoes, and turn out to grass. Whilst in the stable 

 put into the horn daily a mixture of tar and olive oil in equal 

 parts. 



BROKEN KNEES. 



Slight injuries, implicating only the skin and hair, may be left 

 almost untouched, save by cold water for the purpose of preventing 

 swelling of the limb. If the skin is cut nearly or quite through, 

 without the internal tissues being injured, a little tincture of myrrh 

 upon cotton wool, or even the dry cotton, will protect the part from 

 the action of the air, and be, in most instances, a sufficient dressing. 

 Should the wound be lacerated and extensive, the interrupted suture 

 may be employed to bring the edges of the cut as nearly in contact 

 as possible before the dressing is applied, and a bandage will then be 

 proper to assist in retaining the parts together. Every wound 

 whether slight or extensive, should be well washed with warm water, 

 and, if necessary, syringed, to remove any particles of dirt. 



