ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 139 



Hoiv to Remove Warts, 



Cut them out by the roots— Take the Tenaculum or hook, 

 run it throug-h the wart and draw and cut round it, and 

 draw it out ; if it should bleed too much, take 5 g-rains of 

 nitre of silver and 1 oz. of water, wet a sponge and merely 

 touch the part with this wash, and it will stop the blood, 

 treat as a fresh wound, every time you wash it scratch the 

 scab off so the scar will be small. This is the only sure 

 way to treat them. 



Bots, 



Symptoms— Very much like those of colic— the ears and 

 legs are hot, and sometimes the sweat will start in the flank 

 and breast. 



Cure— Make i gallon of sage tea, add to it 1 oz. 

 of alum, drench with one-half of it, and if he is not 

 better in thirty or forty minutes, give the balance, and 

 bleed 1 gallon. In six hours give a mild physic; this 

 will never fail if given in time. Never give turpentine, as 

 many do, it will affect the kidneys. 



Colic. 



Symptoms— The horse lays down and gets up often, and 

 looks around at his flank ; his ears and legs are cold. Cause 

 of this is cold water and change of food, over quantity of 

 acid collecting in the stomach. 



Cure — Take laudanum h oz., sulphuric ether 1 oz., -| 

 pint of water, milk warm, drench, and if not better in 



