KECIPES. 159 



To cure the Internal Canker in the Ear. 



Put a seton in the neck, just under the ear; and 

 with a piece of sponge on the end of a pliahle stick clean 

 out the ear, using a little soft-soap. When it is quite 

 clean, then dip the sponge into copperas water, and pass 

 it in, turning it gently round. To make the copperas 

 water, beat a piece the size of a large nut, and put it 

 into an ounce phial, filled with spring water : shake it 

 well when you are going to use it. Make the seton 

 with horsehair and tow, cased with hogs' lard : pass it 

 through with a red-hot iron ; tie a piece of silk to each 

 end to move it by. 



When a Swelling arises after Bleeding. 



Apply a fomentation of camomile flowers. 



Dogs may be blooded in the jugular or neck vein ; 

 one, two, or even eight ounces in some cases, may be 

 taken from them. 



For the Canker in the Teeih. 



In cases of sufficient importance, rub a moist tooth- 

 brush on a piece of blue-stone vitriol, or burnt alum, 

 and rub the teeth well ; which, on repetition, will eat 

 it off. 



