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dry dressing, dusted on or gently rubbed in 

 with a finger, if necessary. For the same 

 purpose Colonel Nunn advises the use of 

 iodide of starch, which is made by mixing 

 I part of tincture of iodine with 2j^ parts of 

 starch. Tincture of myrrh and aloes, and 

 Friar's balsam are fairly good applications to 

 small superficial wounds. 



THRUSH. 



Horses which stand for many days on a 

 damp surface — especially if it contains decom- 

 posing matter, such as urine and clung — are 

 almost certain to suffer from thrush in an 

 aggravated form, and to have the soles of 

 their feet more or less rotten. It is almost 

 needless to say that if horses are landed off 

 ship in such a state they, will take at least a 



