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BRUISES AND SORES. 



Remedy, — Over tlie whole sore or where the part is 

 bruised, or where there is a tendency to suppuration, a 

 poultice should be applied, and kept on with bandages. 

 The poultice may be made of any kind of meal, fine 

 bran, bruised flaxseed, or of mustard, turnips, carrots, 

 &c. Another; take 1 qt. of wheat or rye bran, pour on 

 a sufficient quantity of boiling water to make a thin 

 paste ; to this add enough of flaxseed powder to give it 

 a proper xonsistence. This poultice may be kept on as 

 long as required, changing it twice a day. After removing 

 the poultice, cleanse the wound by rinsing it with luke- 

 warm water once a day ; after this, apply some mild 

 ointment. (See next article.) 



Ointment for Wounds, Bi'uises, and Sores, in Cattle. — 

 After poulticing (as above described), and the bruise 

 puts on a healthy or reddish color (not black or bloody), 

 apply an ointment made of tallow, linseed oil, beeswax, 

 and lard, proportioned to the consistence of butter ; 

 spread the ointment on linen cloth, and confine it to the 

 affected part, by a bandage if possible, as a string is cal- 

 culated to injure the tender flesh. If the discharge is 

 not great, it need be changed only once a day. Anoth- 

 er: take 4 oz. castile soap, 2 oz. camphor, 1 pt. alcohol 

 or brandy, and apply twice a day Another : take 2 ta- 

 blespoonfuls fine salt, 3 do. of linseed oil, 1 pt. molasses, 

 1 oz. copperas, 3 oz. white vitriol, \ lb. lard ; melt over 

 a slow fire, and use moderately. Another (this is well 

 adapted for strains as well as swellings) : mix 1 pt. vine- 

 gar, 2 drams sugar of lead, 1 oz. laudanum, 1 lb. lard, 

 and apply twice a day. 



STROKE OF THE WHIP IN THE EYE. 



Remedy. — Make a weak decoction of tobacco-leaves 

 and inject into the eye. Another ; if the eye be inflamed, 

 take -i- oz. sugar of lead, 1 dram copperas, 20 drops laud- 

 anum, 1 pt. water; mix, and use once a day till cured. 



CHAFE IN THE EYE. 



Remedy. — Take 1 dram white copperas, and 1 dram 

 sugar of lead, and blow through a quill into the eye of 

 the animal j do not repeat it under three days. 



