166 STRAINS. 



FomeutatioQ for dispersing inflammatory Swellings. 



(RECIPE, No. 109.) 



Take — Camphor, one ounce, dissolve it in six ounces 

 of rectified spirit of wine ; 

 Acetated litharge, four ounces ; 

 Nitre, two ounces ; 

 • * Soft water, boiled, three quarts : 



Let the water stand till new-milk warm, then 

 add the other ingredients. 



This fomentation will be found excellent for 

 dispersing all inflammatory swellings upon the 

 sinews, or any other tendonous parts. After the 

 parts have been well fomented, with hot flannels 

 wrung out of it, for the space of half an hour, rub 

 the part well with the mixture (No. 108, p. 164), 

 and afterwards apply a flannel bandage, rolled 

 round the leg, from the knee to the fetlock. 

 Horses frequently receive injuries about the knees 

 and pasterns, from kicks or blows, which they 

 are liable to from the groom, or other horses; 

 and which are easily cured by rubbing the part 

 with the following cheap astringent mixture. 



