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in connection with it. In severe cases of this nature, it may 

 be desirable to apply to the foot or leg, or to both, a 



NARCOTIG AND ANODYNE POULTICE. 



To the common poultice may be added any % one of the fol 

 lowing ingredients, or even any combination of them : 



7 

 8 



9 



TO 

 II 

 12 



14 

 r 5 



Tincture of Arnica, 2 or 3 oz. 



" Aconite Root, 2 or 3 oz. 



Wormwood, 2 or 3 oz. 



Camphor, 2 or 3 oz. 



Opium, 2 or 3 oz. 



Extract of Belladonna, 1 oz., dissolved in warm water. 



" Hyoscyamus, 1 oz. 



Boiled Hops make a cheap and excellent anodyne 

 agent in a poultice, as also 



A decoction of Wormwood. 



u 



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FOMENTATIONS. 



When fomentations appear desirable, as in acute sprains of 

 tendons and ligaments, from Nos. 7 to 13, either singly, or a 

 combination of them in about equal proportions, added to an 

 equal or double quantity of hot water, may be used with the 

 very best effects. A rest for the foot in the form of a high 

 heeled shoe is a most important requirement in these cases ; 

 and if there is much swelling and inflammation around the re- 

 gion of the coronary ligament, an expanding shoe should be 

 placed on the foot, and the hoof slightly expanded. The 

 soothing and discutient effects of moderately hot water are not 

 to be overlooked. Nos. 14 and 15 are both powerfully sooth- 

 ing and anodyne in their effects upon painfully inflamed tissues. 



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