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No. 2. Take of red wine, one pint ; water, one 

 pint ; gum Arabic, one ounce ; mix and give them as 

 a drench three times within a week. 



No. 3. Take of salts of hartshorn, three drachms ; 

 opium, one drachm ; powdered ginger, two drachms ; 

 liquorice, half an ounce ; syrup, of any kind, a suffi- 

 cient quantity to make the ingredients into two balls, 

 which may be given twice within a week. Nourish- 

 ing food, moderate exercise, and a clean, wholesome 

 stable will assist much in effecting a cure. 



BLISTERS. 



PREVIOUS to the application of a blister to any part 

 of a horse, the hair should either be shaved or cut off 

 as close as possible ; the blistering ointment should be 

 regularly spread with a warm knife on a stout piece of 

 oznaburgs ; and during the operation of the blister, 

 the horse should be tid short to prevent his biting the 

 part or doing other injury. 



Blister No. 1. Take of Spanish flies half an ounce, 

 oil turpentine one ounce, hog's lard four ounces ; mix 

 them well and the blister is ready for use. 



No. 2 Take of tar, four ounces ; vitriolic acid two 

 drachms, oil of origanum, half an ounce ; hog's lard, 

 two ounces ; Spanish flies, two ounces. This blistei 

 is excellent for the spavin. 



