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bliftering ointment •, but the following, 

 on proper experience, ftands well recom- 

 mended by Mr, Gibfon. 



TAKE nerve and marfh-mallow oint- Theb^f- 

 ment, of each two ounces-, quick- ^^""g 



r% ^L LI u 1 Ointment. 



lilver, one ounce, thorough ly broke, 

 with an ounce of Venice turpentine ; 

 Spanifh flies powdered, a dram and 

 a half; fublimate, one dram •, oil of 

 origanum, two drams. 



The hair is to be cut as clofe as pof- How to be 

 fible, and then the ointment applied pretty ^^^^* 

 thick over the part-, this fliouid be done 

 in the morning, and the horfe kept tied 

 up all day without any litter till nighc ; 

 when he may be untied, in order to lie 

 down ; and a pitch or any (licking plaifler 

 may be laid over it, and bound on with 

 a broad tape or bandage, to keep all 

 clofe. 



After the blifter has done running, when r^, 

 /and the fcabs begin to dry and peel off, it newed. 

 may be applied a fecond time, in the fame 

 manner as before -, this fecond application 

 generally taking greater effect than the 

 firft, and in colts and young horfes makes 

 a perfed cure, 



S 2 When 



