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before applying the remedy : this is evidenced by the 

 appearance of my mare. 1 suffered the disease to run 

 too long, because I was fearful that the arsenic might 

 injure the foal, but was induced to risk it rather than 

 lose the mare : the stallion on the contrary, exhibits 

 the effects of it in but a slight degree. It may be 

 proper to remark, that a less quantity of arsenic will 

 answer for a colt than for an old horse ; and that it 

 ought to be inserted as high up on the face as the seat 

 of the disease will admit of; perhaps on the upper 

 edge of the swelled part will answer the same end. 



Another remedy has been communicated to me, 

 which is much more simple ; and if it be a remedy, 

 certainly possesses great advantages over the one on 

 which I have been treating. I have never known 

 it tried, but I am induced to believe that it is a remedy, 

 both fn>m its analogy to the arsenic, and from the 

 authority from which I derived my information. It is 

 this : Instead of the arsenic, take half a pint of strong 

 ashes, (hickory I suppose,) put them into a tin cup, (of 

 about a pint measure,) smaller at the mouth than at 

 the bottom, say about one and a half inches at the 

 mouth in diameter ; fill the cup or pot with water, and 

 let it boil for half an hour, or until the water has been 

 evaporated, or absorbed by the ashes, cord the horse's 

 nose in the usual way, or otherwise confine him, in 

 order that he may be still, and apply the mouth of the 

 cup to the part affected, with the ashes quite hot and 

 nearly dry, having previously covered it with a thin 

 cloth to prevent the ashes from coming in contact with 

 the skin of the horse, and hold it in that position until 

 the heat has subsided, when it may be removed : in a 

 day or two the parts will exhibit a gluey exudation, 

 which will disappear in the course of a week, leaving 



