170 The Hokse Farrier. 



toms of roturninc? licaUh, when three doses in twenty- 

 four hours will he suffici'ut. But if the horse should be 

 losing stren.ixth, the nitre must be left out, and from two 

 to four draehuis of capsicum added to the camphor in 

 its place, and give every four or six hours. 



If still losing strength, ho miist have added to them 

 :iio-ht and morniuir iVom three to four draelims <jf lineh' 

 ])0\vdered cascari.la. Injections must be used twice ;i 

 day whilst the bowels are costive, composed of iialf an 

 ounce of castile soap, t) a quart of water, and four 

 ounces of e|)Som salts dissolved in a quart of warm wa- 

 ter, alternately. The throat gargled every two hours, 

 with a tea made by pouring half a gallon of boiling water 

 on six drachms of capsicum, and when cool, add a pint oi 

 good vinegar. The throat externally must be well rubbed 

 with the following mixture, three or four times a day : 

 half a pint spirits of hartshorn, ditto of turpentine, ditto 

 of camphor, all mixed and kept well corked. If the 

 horse is down and unable to get up, he must be helped 



WARTS. 



These excrescences, arising from the cuticular eoverin^; 

 of the skin, are sometimes very annoying to horses, es- 

 pecially when occurring about the eye, sheath, penis, or 

 on parts which come in contact w ith the harness. 



Treatment. — A wart havmg a broad base should be 

 treated in the following manner : Take a common suture 

 needle, and arm it with a double ligature; each ligature is 

 to be composed ot three threads of saddler's twine, weiJ 

 waxed; pass the needle through the centre of the wart, 

 close down to the skin; tie each half separately; with a 

 sar(jeo}i's knoty as tight as possible ; cut the end olf pretty 

 close to the knot, and m the course ot a short time the 

 wiiole will drop olf. A wart having a small circumscribed 

 pedicle may be removed in the same wd^'^ by tying 'a. sin 



