224 THE FISTULA. 



Description of Warbles. 



discharges good matter, and the swelling has sub- 

 sided, the wound in this state generally looks 

 wide and gaping ; when all the vacant parts 

 become filled with sound flesh, it will be proper 

 to heal it with the compound tincture (No. 1 16, 

 p. 176), which may be done by anointing the part 

 with a feather dipped in the same ; and afterwards 

 sprinkle over the wound the following healing and 

 drying powders. 



(RECIPE, No. 142.) 



Take — Burnt alurii, and white vitriol, of each half art 



ounce, in powder ; 

 Bole armenic, white lead, and yellow resin ^ 



of each two ounces, in powder ; 

 Powder and mix them all together. 



All wounds of this kind must be dressed once 

 or twice a day with thtJ tincture and these powders. 



Warbles are small, hard tumors, which appear 

 on horses' backs in the summer season, and are 



