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The Horse Ointment, 



Take yellow rosin, bees- wax and honey, like 

 quantities ; hog's lard and turpentine, double their 

 quantity ; melt them all together over a gentle 

 lire, and keep a continual stiring : when they are 

 well compounded, take it from the fire and stir 

 in a little verdigrese. 



This is an excellent ointment for sores, burns, 

 bruises, choped heels, &c. 



SPAVINS. 



There are three sorts of spavins. First, the 

 bone spavin ; it is a bony excrescence formed on 

 the joint, which impedes the motion of the joint, 

 and is seldom curable. 



Secondly, the wind spavin ; it commonly comes 

 in the horse's ham. Prick the swelling with a 

 phlegm knife, but take special care not to injure 

 the nervous cords, for this will often bring on the 

 lock-jaw. Upon opening the swelling, you will 

 often find a gelatinous humour to issue from the 

 opening ; now apply your turnip poultice for a 

 few days to suck out thehiimour ; then strength- 

 en the part, by bathing it with good brandy. 



Thirdly, the blood spavin. The coats of the 

 vein being ruptured, the blood extravasates and 

 forms a protuberance in the vein. 



Cure. — Take up the vein with a crooked 

 needle, and tie it above the swelling ; then let 

 blood below it, and apply cow-dung fryed in 

 goose grease and vinegar, by way of poultice. 



SPLENT. 



Splents are of the same nature with spavins, 

 but not upon tlie joints. They are bony excres- 

 cences of an oblong figure, coming between the 

 fettock joint and knee, or gambrel ; while they 



