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acetica ; from takinj? cold, cliaiiioniilla, alternately with aconite ; with thin duntj, 

 of bad smell, Pulsatilla. 



A. R. — Eub the flanks and the helly with two ounces of oil of turpentine; that 

 will frequently remove the sickness ; if not, let from six to eight ounces of blood. 

 Cover the horse warmly, and walk him slowly. Inwardly, give No. 9 or 12, at first 

 every half hour. An injection of warm soap-suds, with a quarter of an ounce of 

 common salt, will be of great assistance, and will often be sufficient witliout any 

 other remedy. 



Contraction of the Foot. — A clraAviug together of the heel- 

 walls of the foot, and an accompanying reduction of the size of the 

 frog. 



H. E. — Sulphur and sepia; squilla and rhus-toxicodendron will likewise help 

 much. 



A. R. — Apply to a good farrier, and let him shoe the horse with a circular 

 shoe. Put the horse, also, two or three hours every day, into running Mater, 

 or into the pasture, without shoes. 



Corn. — A bruising of the sensible sole, and an accompanying 

 rupture of its blood-vessels at the angles, between the wall of the foot 

 and the bar. 



H. E. — AVhen accompanied by severe inflammation, one or two doses of aco- 

 nite. Arnica inwardly and outwardly. 



A. E. — First of all, remove the cause, — the badly fitting shoe, the pebble, etc. 

 Then put cold bandages around, and afterwards warm ones. It Avill be necessary, 

 frequently, to open the sole, and to remove the blood or pus, and afterwards to 

 have the horse shod by a skilful farrier. 



Curb. — An enlargement of the back part of the hock, three or 

 four inches below its point, and a strain of the ligaments of the ten- 

 don, or a ruptui-e of its sheath, generally caused by blows. 



II. E. — Arnica, inside and outside. Ehus-toxicodendron, conium, and sepia, 

 when the disease is of long standing. 



A. E. — Treatment same as for Capped-Hock. 



Diabetes. — Excessive discharge of watery urine, accompanied by 



thirst and debility. 



H. E. — Lycopodium and mercurius-vivus. 



A. E. — If the disease is caused by cold, the horse must be kept warm, and 

 have lukewarm water, mixed with linseed meal, for drink, and good sweet hay. 

 Afterwards, decoctions of willow (ozier) and oak-bark, given inwardly, which 

 will render good service. Eub also about the kidneys with New-England rum. 



