STUD BOOK. 135 



A LIST OP THE 



MEDICINES AND RECIPES 



USED IN THB 



TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES OF THE HORSB. 



Vinegar Is a very useful application for sprains and bruises. Equal 

 parts of boiling water and cold vinegar will form a good fomentation. 



Spirit OF Salt.— This acid is formed by the action of sulphuric acid on 

 common salt. It i? decidedly the best liquid caustic we have. For corns, 

 canker, indisposition in the sole to secrete good horn, wounds in the foot 

 not attended by healthy action. 



Nitric Aged.— This is a valuable external application. It is both a 

 caustic and an anti-septic. It destroys fungous excrescences. 



Sulphuric Acid, or Oil of Vitriol.— When mixed with tar, an ounce 

 to the pound, it is a good application for the thrush and canker. A smaller 

 quantity, mixed with olive oil, makes a good stimulating liniment. 



Aloes.— There are two kinds used in horse practice, the Barbadoes and 

 the Cape. The Barbadoes aloes have a greater purgative power than the 

 Cape, exclusive of griping less and being safer, and the action of the 

 bowels is kept up longer. 



Alum is used internally in cases of over-purging, in the form of alum 

 whey— two drachms of the powder being added to a pint of hot milk. Its 

 principal use Is external. A solution of two drachms to a pint of water, 

 forms alone, or with the addition of a small quantity of white vitriol, a 

 very useful wash for cracked heels, and lor grease generally ; and also for 

 those forms of swelled legs attended with exudation of moisture through 

 the skin. 



