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tered daily in the liorse's food. No more powerful tonic remedies 

 will be necessary, unless the horse is in bad condition, or the appe- 

 tite fails, when a little gentian and ginger may be conjoined." 



The following are some recipes recommended by various authorities 

 on skin eruption : — 



No. 1. — Administer 8 drops of liquor arsenicalis twice daily in a 

 bran mash, for about five weeks or a month. 



No. 2. — Liq. pot. iodide comp., 2oz. ; tine, camphorse, 3oz. ; acid, 

 nit. mur. dil. 3oz. Give him odr. twice a day in his water, and 

 continue for eleven days. Let him have the usual quantity of oats, 

 a bran mash twice a week, and some linseed tea and a few carrots 

 with his mid-day feed. He will require good grooming and moderate 

 work or exercise. 



No. 3. — One ounce of sulphate of copper (powdered) added to 

 4oz, of powdered linseed, and a sufficient quantity of lard added to 

 form a mass, and divide it into loz. balls, one to be given every other 

 day ; five or six will cure. 



No. 4. — Sponge the quarters with salt and water in the morning, 

 and again at noon if necessary. 



No. 5. — Give daily 20 drops of Fowler's solution of arsenic, feed 

 upon carrots, and allow only one feed of corn per diem ; continue 

 the above treatment for five or six weeks. 



Wash the skin twice weekly with soft soap and warm water, and 

 give daily ^oz. of liquor arsenicalis, and feed highly. 



Wash the affected parts with a solution of carbonate of soda and 

 water, and administer daily -Joz. of liquor arsenicalis. 



SOEE BACKS. 



Wash the affected part in the first instance with lukewarm water 

 and a little common soap, and, when dry, apply sulphate of zinc and 

 alum in solution (equal parts of zinc and alum), say a large table- 

 spoonful of the mixture to a wine-bottle of water ; when this is 

 dissolved apply with a sponge, morning and evening, to the tender 

 part, and when dry lay on a dry chamois-leather to prevent the 

 clothes irritating it. The soap and water is to be used only once in 

 the first instance. Also obtain a very nice piece of sheepskin, 

 sufficient to place the saddle upon, with the woolly side to the 

 horse's back, and ride him in it. If the skin is broken and there is 

 a sore, and the wound healthy, apply a little Friar's balsam mixed 

 with pulverised gum arable, and proceed as above. 



Again : Sulphate of zinc. -^oz. : sugar of lead, loz. ; salt, 3oz ; 

 vinegar, 1 pint ; water, 1 pint. Apply the lotion with a piece of 



