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gum asafoetida in this dreadful disease, as a preventive 

 of this, as well as other contagious diseases; and further 

 says, he owes his success in preventing and curing this 

 disorder, to the constant use of this drug. The value of 

 asafoetida, as a medicine for the horse, has been but little 

 known; but where it has been once properly used, its 

 remarkable effects will prove this observation correct. 

 It acts as a stimulant, antispasmodic, expectorant and 

 anthelmintic, while its action is quiet and penetrating. 

 "Where a small piece of asafoetida has been placed in the 

 manger of a horse that was in health, I have known him 

 to occupy a stall for months adjoining one in which was 

 a horse affected with a contagious disease, without being 

 in the least affected, or any ill consequences resulting 

 therefrom. 



Preventive. — Take one ounce of asafoetida, divide into 

 two parts, wrap them in clean linen rags, and nail one 

 of them in the bottom of the bucket from which the horse 

 is watered, and the other in the manger where he is fed. 

 A small piece confined to his bit when he goes from 

 home, will act as a preventive against taking colds and 

 all contagious diseases. 



Cure. — When the disease has commenced, take one 

 pint of castor oil, one ounce of balsam copaiva, one 

 ounce of sweet spirits of nitre; let these ingredients be 

 well mixed in a bottle and given. 



M Wash for the Mouth. — Take one pint of vinegar, 

 four ounces of alum, a piece of verdigris as large as a 

 common sized bean, and a handfull of sage; let the sage 

 be steeped in a pint of warm water, in which also dis- 

 solve the alum and verdigris. Use this as a wash 



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