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iliem. The following excellent remedy for a 

 flrain, with which I have cured myfelf, and many 

 Others, I have alfo found of benefit to dogs^ 

 vvhcn flrained in the leg or foot. 



DifTolve two ounces of camphire in half a pint 

 of fpirits of wine, and put to it a bullock's gall. 

 The part affeded mull be rubbed before the fire 

 three or four times a day. 



Sore feet are foon cured with brlnPj pot-lIqUor, 

 or fiilt and vinegar, a handful of fait to a pint of 

 vinegar ; if iieither of thefe will do, mercurial 

 ointment may then be neceffary. A plafler of 

 black pitch is the befl cure for a thorn in either 

 man, horfe, or dog ; and I have known it fuc- 

 ceed afler every thing elfe had failed. If the 

 ipart be much inflamed, a common poultice bound 

 over the plafler will afTifl in the cure. Hounds 

 frequently are lame in the knee, fometimes from 

 bruifes, fometimes fi'om the flab of a thorn ; 

 digeftive ointment, rubbed in upon the part, 

 ■will generally be of fervice.* 



If hounds be much troubled with worms, the 

 following is the bell cure that 1 am acquainted 

 with : 



* If the knee continue foul, bliflers and long refl afterwards 

 are the moll likely means to recover it. 



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