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fluid will flow upon the ground, though it will do no 

 harm if it should be swallowed. 



RECIPE (No. 11). 



Infusion of Catechu. 



On two ounces of powdered catechu pour two quarts of boiling 

 water. Keep it in some covered vessel for an hour, occasionally 

 shaking it : then pour off the clear liquor, and bottle for use. 



Should both of these fail, the solution of common 

 alum may be resorted to. It is a powerful astringent 

 in these cases ; but it sometimes renders the skin of 

 the mouth so harsh, that the horse refuses his food. 



RECIPE (No. 12). 



Solution of Alum. 



Dissolve two ounces of powdered alum in two quarts of water, and 

 keep it for use. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE PALATE LAMPAS. 



The old remedy for this imaginary disease, is either 

 to fearfully burn or deeply scarify the horse's mouth. 

 The symptom of lampas is the horse being off his 

 feed. The presence of the disease is, to the groom's 

 satisfaction, detected by the forward bars of the mouth 

 being found upon a level with the upper nippers. 

 In this situation they would always be found in 

 young horses, did the groom more frequently examine 

 the mouths of such animals. 

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