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 torn of the frog. Among the iwdny things applied, 

 any cf liie following will be found proper : Tincture 

 of rcyrrli poured in ; or a mixture of white vitriol, 

 alum, and sugar of lead, say one dram of each in a pint 

 of water. A better mixture is tar and salt, ink 

 pouved hi will sometimes stop the Thrush. I have 

 tried innumerable articles and innun.erable compounds : 

 but for the last five years I have invariably applied the 

 Mixture mentioned in page 50, andv^ ith invariable suc- 

 cess, it being the Oi;{\ application that I have found 

 that will radically cure the complaint. 

 Mode of Application. 

 ^\hen the frog is become very rotten, the cure 

 should be began by taking away all the rotten dead 

 pieces to the ver\ bottom ; and if the foot is higii, 

 that should also be taken down, and the heels should 

 not be suficred to press in on the iiog, !iut cleaned av/ay. 

 Aiter this the surface of the frog should be smeared 

 over with the ?viixture ; but more particularly a small 

 piece of tow should be dipped in the Mixture, and 

 with a pointed skewer or (.ther thin mstiument it 

 should be pressed gently down into the cleft of the 

 frog to tlie bottom. The same siiould be done to 

 e^ery other crack in the iVog that may exist, as is 

 frequently the case on each side of it where it unites 

 with the heels. In a very m-ild Thrush there is no- 

 thing more than an oozing of matter from the cleft of 

 the frog, in which case nothing more is necessary than 

 to introduce a small piece of tow or rag snjciired with 

 the Mixture (but toy/ is preferable) into the cleft of the 

 frog, i;eatly introducing it all, so that no parts hang 

 out ; by this means it will remain secure two or three 

 days. The ajiplication should be repeated according 



