THE COMPLETE FARRIER. 41 



4 oz. of Cream of Tartar 



4 do. Liver of Antimony. 



4 do. Lenitive Electuary. 



4 do. Castile Soap. 



2 drams of Calomel, 8 drams to an oz. 



Make these into balls, and give two ounces a day for some time. 

 While giving these balls, dissolve a little nitre in the water given to 

 the horses to drink. These medicines will keep his body open, and 

 allay the inflammatory heat of his blood, which is the principal 

 cause of the disease ; and while they are given inwardly to remove 

 the cause, let the tumors be rubbed twice a day with the following 

 ointment: 



4 oz. of Elder Ointment. 



4 do. Flanders Oil of Bays. 



2 do. White Vitriol. 



1 do. Red Precipitate. 



2 do. Sugar of Lead. 



Beat all well together into an ointment, and keep it for use. This 

 ointment will soon disperse the tumors, which will leave small bald 

 spots on the skin, but the hair will grow again in time. If the tu- 

 mors break, and run a thick, well digested matter, it is a sign that 

 the disease is conquered, and the horse will soon be well ; but it will 

 be necessary to give him two ounces of liver of antimony every day 

 for a fortnight, and two ounces every other day for a fortnight after, 

 b order to .sweeten his blood, and disperse the small bunches that 

 remain. 



This method will never fail when the small veins only are affected ; 

 and a short time will complete the cure. 



But when the Farcy affects the large blood-vessels, the cure is far 

 more difficult. Let the practitioner always attempt it at the beo-in- 

 ning of the disease, as he then will have fewer difficulties to encoun- 

 ter ; for delay renders that almost impossible to be overcome which at 

 first might have been easily conquered. Therefore, when the plate 

 or crural veins are corded, lose no time, but bleed immediately on the 

 opposite side, and apply to the distempered vein the following mixture, 

 which is proper to dress the wounds with, but not before they are 

 broken out: 



1 dram of Corrosive Sublimate. 

 1 oz. of Spirits of Salt. 



Powder the sublimate, and put it into a bottle, and -put the spirits of 

 salt upon it to dissolve it; then add two ounces of vinegar, by degrees. 

 This is a very proper mixture to dress the ulcers with ; but if it can- 

 not be easily got, take — 



6 oz. Oil of Turpentine. 



3 do. Oil of Vitriol. 



Put the pot in water with the turpentine in it, and pour the oil of 

 vitriol in, a little at a time, and keep stirring it till it shall have sub- 

 sided. If the Farcy be situate in the loose and fleshy parts, such as 

 the flanks and the belly, the mixture should consist of equal parts of 

 oil of turpentine and oil of vitriol ; but when the seat of the disease is 

 in the parts which are less fleshy, the proportions above are best cal- 

 culated to perform a cure. The medicine musj be used in the follow- 



