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the tree, wliicli is done with a long, ver}- strong greased wax-end, as 

 if you were hieing it, and pull it tight afterwards. A horse in very 

 low condition will require the saddle to be perhaps 4in. thick at the 

 outside, measuiing over all. 



The following are some applications recommended for the cure of 

 sore backs : — 



No. 1. — Daub the parts daily with a lotion consisting of 3oz. 

 of Goulard's extract, and -^oz. of tincture of opium, in ^ pint of 

 distilled water. 



No. 2. — One pound and a half of green vitriol (not blue), lib. 

 of alum, 2oz. of verdigris, loz. sal ammoniac ; these to be well 

 pounded, and put into a glazed earthen pipkin that will hold a 

 quart or three pints ; put upon a moderate fire, which may be 

 increased imtil the drugs boil up two or three times ; then take 

 them from the fire, and set them to cool six or seven hours. 

 Break the pipkin, and take out the stone ; it must be stirred with 

 a piece of wooden lath all the time it is on the fire. Pound a piece 

 of the stone, about the size of a walnut, and melt it in a quart of 

 rain water or pond water ; shake the bottle well when used, pour 

 some into a cup, soak the linen well in it, apply the linen in eight 

 or ten folds ; be careful to keep it constantly wet. 



No. 3. — Add as much alum to whiskey as the latter will dissolve, 

 and with this bathe the parts affected. 



No. 4. — Apply a paste made of fullers' earth mixed with water, 

 until the irritation subsides. Then use daily a weak ointment of 

 biniodide of mercury, one part of ordinary ointment to eight of 

 lard. The saddle must not be put on until the swelling has quite 

 disappeared. 



No. 5. — The best treatment is rest, until nature has effected a 

 cure : if this method is inconvenient, have the stuffing taken out of 

 the saddle over the seat of injury, in such manner as to prevent anj^ 

 material coming in contact with it, and dress it daily with a solu- 

 tion of Goulard's extract and water. 



No. 6. — A lotion made of alum loz. and sulphate of copper |-oz., 

 dissolved in half a gallon of water, is very useful. It should be 

 applied frequently with a sponge. 



A recurrence of the accident may generally be prevented by re- 

 arranging the stuffing, and further by sponging the back, every time 

 the saddle is removed, with a lotion composed of one part of Sir W. 

 Burnett's disinfecting fluid to fifty of water, or half an ounce of 

 alum or sulphate of zinc to a quart of water. 



