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No. 59. — For Colt Distemper, or Strangles. 



If you wish to apply hot fomentations, steep lobelia 

 herb in vinegar, and bind the herb on the throat hot, 

 after bleeding. 



As we are all creatures of circumstance, we must be 

 governed, in part, by circumstances; but a man may be 

 brought up at college, and spend his whole life in 

 studying, and if he has no natural capacity, may 

 fall far below those whom nature and experience have 

 taught. 



"There have been men, from the earliest ages of the 

 world, blesspd with the sublimer powers of genius; who 

 could, as it were, with one comprehensive view, grasp 

 the whole circle of science, and leave learning and art 

 to follow after them in vain." Or they have a peculiar 

 faculty to make people think so. And yet, you will find 

 it difficult to get one original idea from them, on any 

 subject whatever, that is calculated to benefit you. But 

 this need not hinder any one else from improving the 

 capacity given him, and giving it the right direction to 

 prove useful to his fellow man. 



No. 60. — Composition for Ringbone, or Bone Spavin. 



Two ounces of spirits of turpentine; one ounce of 

 oil origanum; one ounce of corrosive sublimate; half an 

 ounce of opium; and half an ounce of camphor gum. 

 Mix these all together and add a very little alcohol, 

 and it is fit for use. 



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