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discarded the greatest part formerly in repute for that 

 purpose ; repeated observations having taught them, 

 that after digestion, or after healthy matter is formed, 

 nature is disposed to heal up the wound fast, enough 

 herself. Some respect should be paid to the diet of 

 a horse, as bran, oats, and green food keep the 

 bowels open, and are free from that heat which the 

 use of corn and fodder will produce in the system. I 

 will here offer a few more simples that have proved 

 beneficial in the cure of wounds, sores, &c. 



The first operation necessary in all sores, wounds, 

 &c. about a horse is, to remove all dirt, matter or 

 extraneous bodies, with strong soap suds, after which, 



No. 1. Take of spirits, half a pint ; alum, one 

 ounce ; honey, one gill ; mix them well together, and 

 wash the wotfhd night and morning. 



No. 2. Take of copperas, two ounces ; clean water, 

 one quart ; wash the wound or sore twice a day. 



No. 3. Take of sugar of lead, a quarter of an ounce ; 

 fair water, one quart ; use it twice a day. 



No. 4. Take spirits of turpentine and wet the wound 

 once a day. 



No. 5. Take of blue-stone, a quarter of an ounce ; 

 fair water, one quart ; wash the wound every morning. 



Punctured wounds, from thorns or other accidents, 

 are generally of the most painful kind, and require 

 great attention ; a bread and milk poultice, or a mush 

 made by boiling red oak bark to a strong decoction, 

 beating the bark very fine and throwing in as much 

 corn meal as will make it of proper consistency, 

 should be applied until healthy matter appears, to 

 gether with fomentations : after which, to effect a 

 speedy cure, use any of the above remedies recom- 

 mended. 



