USE OP MERCURIAL OINTMENT. 3H 



Where most used, and Informalion thereon. 



CHAP. LXVI. 



ON MERCURIAL OINTMENT, AND ITS USE. 



TwENTY-EtcHT ycars ago this ointment was but 

 little known in the practice of farriers ; since that 

 time its use has very much increased throughout 

 the kingdom. Lincolnshire, in particular, is a 

 noted county for the great consumption of that 

 article. The author of ihese sheets constantly 

 makes up from four to five hundred weight of 

 hog's lard into mercurial ointment for sheep every 

 year.* 



The following ointment will be found of excel- 

 lent use for many complaints in horses, as may 

 be seen in different parts of this work. 



* For practical directions concerning the use of this powerful 

 medicine among neat cattle and sheep^ the author begs leave to 

 refer to his Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Catlleg 

 and Sheep. 



