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use. This acid is obtained from several kinds of barks 

 and vegetables. 



Relaxing, is to reverse the order of astringents ; that 

 is, to loosen, stretch, or to become flabby. Tansy (Tan- 

 acetum vulgare), an infusion of this made and given 

 in large doses, will relieve the animal of ague or lung 

 fever, if given while the chill is on; boneset is also good 

 for a like purpose. Skunk cabbage (faetida), and 

 the wild turnip are expectorants, and anti-spasmodic; the 

 seeds and roots are excellent in coughs and colic. But, 

 as a powerful laxative, the tobacco stands high on the 

 list, given inwardly or for an outward application, in 

 the vegetable kingdom. 



Spirits of Turpentine, applied externally, is a stimu- 

 lant and irritant. 



Egg Shells, scorched brown in an oven, then pulver- 

 ized fine and worked into a ball with honey, and given 

 to the horse, are good to restore or assist digestion, when 

 these organs have been impaired by fever or other dis- 

 ease. When the horse has been nauseated, is faint and 

 drooping from any cause, add to the above ball equal 

 parts of camphor gum and hartshorn and give him, and 

 he wiW revive with wonderful rapidity. The shells are 

 to the horse what gravel is to the fowl; they assist di- 

 gestion. 



Goose oil and brandy, about equal parts, makes a 

 good application for spavins, ringbones, callouses, &c. 



Dog^s oil \s a very good application to limber up old 

 stiff joints, and to heal bad wounds in the flesh. 



The whites of four or five hen's eggs, beat up in a 



