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use the horse with a sore breast, apply every evening 

 the wormwood herb steeped in chamber lye, cleanup' 

 well in the morning before laying on the harness. If 

 allowed rest, the remedy given for burns is veiy quick 

 and effectual. 



TETANUS, OR LOCK JAW. 



This is not unfrequently brought on by some very 

 slight cause, as cuts, blows, or derangenjuit of the nerves 

 and muscles. It commences with a ditficuhy in masti- 

 cation, and finally the jaws become immoveable; and 

 unless it immediately precedes dissolution (as is often the 

 case with other diseases), relief caij be obtained in t.ie 

 following manner: 



Cure. — Wash the jaws and neck well with a strong 

 decoct ion 'of tobacco for an hour, and if it is possible to 

 make him swaltow by turning it into his mouth or be- 

 tween his teeth, give him near a gill of the hot drops. 

 A free use of the frog's oil on the jaws and about the 

 throat afterwards, willj^e very beneficial. 



POLL EVIL. 



Is caused by a blow or bruise. It may be caused 

 sometimes by the horse pulling on the halter, and bruising 

 the top of the head in that way which causes a swelling 

 there, which is the first symptom of this disease. Or it 

 may be caused by the horse throwing his head up sud- 

 denly in low stables, &c. \n the onset it should be 

 treated as any other swelling to disperse it, for which 

 the clay and vinegar poultice may be found useful or 

 hot fomentations of vinegar and wormwood, after which 



