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sulphuric acid in half a bucket of cold water three to 

 four times in the day. Then get two ounces each of the 

 sulphate of copper and gentian root in powder, and di- 

 vide into eight powders, and give one night and morn- 

 ing in the feed. 



Apply to the bleeding surfaces and sores, a liniment 

 composed as follows : — Olive oil three ounces, creosote one 

 ounce ; mix and use once in the twenty-four hours. 



Bloody Urine. — (See Kidney Diseases.) 



Blood. — Blood is observed to be of two colors, namely, 

 red, or almost of a bright scarlet. When blood of this 

 color is issuing from wounds in jets or jerks, it is con- 

 sidered more dangerous than if it were of a dark red, or 

 venous blood. The first is direct from the heart itself, 

 and the other is from a more remote and less dangerous 

 part. 



It may be interesting to know, that red globules are 

 more plentiful in blooded or well-bred horses than in 

 horses of a coarser kind, which accounts for a curious 

 fact observed in the difference of vitality. Thus, a 

 blooded horse bears up under diseased action, and is 

 cured, whilst a western or common horse will die under 

 the same disease. 



The fluid portion of blood is called liquor sanguinis^ 

 in which the red globules or spheres float. When blood 

 is drawn from the body, it. divides into two parts: the 

 solid is called clot^ and the other is the serum. This 

 serum was once relied upon, and is still by the ignorant, 

 as showing the existence of inflammation. It is by the 

 blood that the strength, wear, and tear of the system is 

 kept up. The heart is the organ by which the blood is 

 forced through the body. If the blood be thin and wa- 



