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place them in a bag having one side of it open, and 

 place this over the joint, keeping it as hot as the animal 

 can bear it by often dipping it in the water they were 

 boiled in, until the object is effected, which may take 

 some three or four hours in some cases. Then begin to 

 heal it up by the following salve: Take one pint of the 

 strongest decoction of the white oak bark, and two 

 ounces each of honey and yellow pine turpentine, and 

 simmer them together. Or if it is away from the joint, 

 and on or near the bone, use the following instead: 

 Take a decoction of these roots, viz: spikenard, com- 

 frey, and bitter sweet, to one quart of this liquor, and 

 one pound of lard, a very little salt and camphor, then 

 simmer the whole together, stirring it well, and, when 

 cool, it will be fit for use. 



There are a great many remedies given for these com- 

 plaints, many of which cure them, for the time being, 

 about as well as scratching cures the itch; but the great 

 object is to remove the cause entirely and effect a perfect 

 cure, for which the above will be found invaluable, 



A CURB, OR CORE. 



This is a swelling that arises from the joint, or liga- 

 ments on the back part of the leg, just below the point 

 of the hock, and is generally accompanied with consid- 

 erable inflammation of that particular part. It is com- 

 monly caused by a blow or strain. The colt does this 

 often in some of his kicking pranks, which renders the 

 leg, when curbed, very unpleasant to the eye, and some- 

 times makes him quite lame. 



Cure. — Muffle the leg and bathe it with cold water. 



