ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 149 



To Stop Blood. 



If you can g-et hold of the artery tie it up, if not use the 

 following' : 10 grains nitrate of silver, and 4 ozs. of Avater. 

 Apply it to the wound and it will stop bleeding immediate- 

 ly. Apply this to warts after cutting them off. 



For Killing Lice, 



Take J pound of sulphur, 1 oz. spirits turpentine, mix 

 well with 3 lbs. of lard. Do not let the animal get wet. 

 Give a few doses of condition powders. 



Loss of Appetite. 



Bleed half a g-allon. Give a few doses of condition 

 powders. If he lacks life, tie a small piece of asafoetida on 

 his bit. 



Big Head, 



Four ozs. Venice turpentine, 2 ozs. Spanish flies, 2 ozs. 

 oil origanum, 2 ozs. spirits hartshorn, 2 drs. corrosive 

 sublimate. 



Thumps, 



Symptoms — The horse is almost exhausted, breathing 

 is very hard. The difference between thumps and lung 

 fever is distress of the heart, which you may hear at a 

 distance of twenty feet. 



Cure — Bleed largely and it will stop suddenly. Dissolve 



