132 THE HORSE AND ITS DISEASES. 



Barbadoes Aloes 1 ounce. 



Ginger 3 draclims. 



Treacle 2 ounces. 



Oil of Aniseed 30 drops. 



Por the purpose of producing counter irritation, the 

 following blister may be rubbed along the spinal region, 

 and over the whole body : — 



Cantharides 1 ounce. 



Euphorbrum 2 drachms. 



Oil of Turpentine 1 ounce. 



Hogs' Lard 6 ,, 



Mix to make Faste Blister. 



Some veterinary surgeons recommend the friction of a 

 liquid blister, composed of equal parts of oil of turpen- 

 tine and tincture of cantharides ; and they suggest the 

 advisability of covering the whole spinal region with 

 sheep skins, as fresh as possible from the animal. If 

 the bowels are open, give the following ball : — 



Crude Opium 1 drachm. 



Camphor 2 ,, 



Asafostida .-. 2 ,, 



Mix into a ball^ and repeat every fourth hour. 



Some veterinary surgeons recommend hot fomenta- 

 tions, while others recommend cold — some recommend 

 bleeding, and some do not. The advocates of the one 

 system condemn the supporters of the other. 



My readers will find my opinions embodied in the 

 above, and will do well to adopt them, and put them 

 into practice, as I have never found them to fail in mild 

 cases, but I must confess, that in obstinate cases the most 

 skilful treatment has been baiSed, the poor exhausted 

 animal having succumbed to its fatal influence. 



In administering the balls to horses affected with this 

 disease, they are not to be given, as in ordinary cases ; 



