FIRING. 171 



Recipe — Blistering Ointment after Firing. 



Great care must be taken not to fire through 

 the skin, which would greatly blemish the horse, 

 and run the hazard of laming him, particularly if 

 near any tendon. As soon as he is fired, the fol- 

 lowing blister must be used. 



(RECIPE, No. 113.) 



Blistering Ointment. 



Take — Bees wax, four ounces ; 



Hog's lard, two ounces; 



Train oil, half a pint ; 



Common turpentine, six ounces : 



Simmer them pver a slow fire till dissolved, 

 then put them in a jar, and add spirits of 

 turpentine, four ounces ; 



Corrosive sublimate, in powder, half aa 

 ounce ; 



Euphorbium, and cantharides, of each one 

 ounce, in powder ; 



Stir, and when nearly cold, add half an ounce 

 of oil of vitriol : then stir the whole toge- 

 ther until it stiffens. 



