154: The Horse Farrier, 



animal on a course of the following alterative medicine 

 Powdered ginger, gentian, sulphur, salt, cream of tartar 

 charcoal, licorice, elecampane, caraway seeds, and balm 

 of Gilead buds, (chopped fine,) equal parts. Dose, one 

 ounce every night in the food. 



No. 2. Take the young shoots or buds of white 

 pine, say in May or June, boil them, when the liquor is 

 cold, give the horse one pint a day for 10 days. 



No. 3. Take 180 grains of tartar emetic and divide 

 into 3 equal doses, mix in wet brand, give once in two 

 days ; this will alleviate, if not perfectly cure. 



No. 4. To 20 gallons of water, add one half pint of 

 unslacked lime, give the horse no other drink ; to his 

 grain, add 1 gill of vinegar, or one spoonful of ginger ; 

 apples are excellent for a horse that has the heaves ; 

 good cured corn stalk will generally relieve the disease. 



No. 5. Take 1 pint of alcohol and put in all the tar 

 it will cut, give two table spoonsfull, every morning 

 one hour before feeding, for 10 or 11 days. Another rem- 

 edy is to put tar on the grinders once a day. 



BLISTERING. 



The principle on which they act is, that two intense in- 

 flammations cannot exist in neighboring parts, at the same 

 time ; they also increase the action of contiguous vessels. 

 Inflammations should be met promptly, with blistering. 

 Old enlargements and swellings can be removed by mild- 

 er stimulants, such as sweating dozen the part to be blis- 

 tered. The hair should be shaved, and the ointment 

 thoroughly rubbed in. Care should be taken that the 

 horse cannot hurt himself. After twenty-four hours, a 

 little olive or neat's foot oil should be applied over the 

 blister. Apply the oil, morning and night, until the scab 

 peels off. Where there is a tendency to grease, blister- 

 ing is dangerous. In the winter, care should be used 

 that the horse does not take cold in the part blistered. 



