BONE-SPAVIN, RING-BONE, &C. ^05 



Treatment to be observed in obstinate Cases. 



pain, and none of the aforesaid medicines has 

 been able to remove it, the following more pow- 

 erful method must be strictly attended to. 



First clip the hair ; after this it has been usual 

 to stamp them with an iron instrument for that 

 purpose ; but from the hardness of the blow shak- 

 ing the part, it often does more harm than good. 

 The best method is to prick the callous part all 

 over as full of holes as possible, with a bodkin, 

 or a sharp instrument about an inch long : to this 

 may be fixed a bit of cork, or elder, in order to 

 prevent the instrument from going deeper than 

 the callous substance, yet it should always be 

 permitted to pass through it. This done, bathe 

 the part with vinegar; and when the blood is 

 stopped, apply the following 



(RECIPE, No. 135.) 



Strong Blistering Ointment , 



Take — Blistering ointraent (No. 113, p. 171), on« 

 ounce; 



