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Cause of a ^onorrhcea, and Method of Cure. 



liniment be gently rubbed all over as far as the 

 swelling and inflammation extend. As soon as 

 these subside, the cure may be completed by 

 applying the following lotion. 



(RECIPE, No. 177.) 



Take — Camphorated spirit of wine, four ounces ; 

 Acetated Ikharge, two ounces ; 

 White vitriol, one drachm ; 

 Water, half a pint : 

 ■ ' Mix, and put them in a bottle for use. 



Let the parts be bathed with this lotion two or 

 three times a day : it will be found excellent to 

 cool, brace, and strengthen the parts. The ooz- 

 ing or dribbling from the yard is properly a sim- 

 ple gonorrhoea, or seminal gleet. It is chiefly 

 owing to high feeding in young horses, and a 

 relaxation of the glands and seminal vessels, 

 brought on by frequent emissions„ It will be 

 necessary, first, to give the horse a gentle purge, 

 such as (No. 4, p. 14); three or four days after 

 give him a diuretic ball^ (No. 153, p. 23^j, and 



