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wax, I pint tar, size hen's egg of tallow ; boil over a slow fire, skim off 

 the filth, and add the scrapings of sweet elder, a handful ; when cool, 

 fit for use. 



This is the best local application for cracked heels, or sloughing of 

 the heels, that I have ever used, and is, in fact, one of the very best 

 of healing preparations. 



Years ago I owned a horse that had a fearful condition, the fore- 

 feet cracking and rotting. Army men said the feet were taken as they 

 were in the army, when the feet rotted off. I despaired of being able 

 to cure the horse a valuable one. After doing every thing that I 

 could think of without success, an old drunken horse-doctor gave me 

 the above prescription, asserting that it would make a perfect cure in 

 two weeks. Its use did cure perfectly in that time, and is one of the 

 best I ever saw. It is good to heal any kind of a cut or sore, saddle- 

 galls, &c. 



FOR COLIC IN HORSES. DR. BURTON'S REMEDY. 



A Favorite Prescription of Great Value. 



Sulph. ether, I pint ; aromatic spirits ammonia, I pint ; sweet spirits 

 nitre, 2 pints ; opium, 5- Ib. ; asafoetida (pure), Ib. ; camphor, Ib. 

 Put it in a large bottle, let it stand fourteen days, with frequent shak- 

 ing, and it will be fit to use. Dose : one ounce, more or less, accord- 

 ing to the severity of the case, once in from thirty minutes to an hour. 

 Should be given in a little water. 



NOTE. By using the same proportion of tincture for the gum you can use this 

 immediately. 



Dr. Burton of Fultonsville, N.Y., regards this prescription for colic as invaluable. 

 He is a gentleman of high attainments, and large experience as a medical man ; and 

 the above he said was the best remedy for colic he ever used, that he never knew it 

 to fail in making a cure. He said at one time a boatman was about leaving his horse 

 to die on the tow-path, from a severe attack oPcqlic, when he came along. The man 

 was induced to go two miles for some of the medicine, which relieved the horse in half 

 an hour. I use the remedy given under the head of Tympanitis, or Flatulent Colic, 

 and never knew it to fail when given promptly. 



A GOOD APPLICATION TO A PUTRID ULCER. 



To remove fetid smell of fistulous withers, poll evil, canker, and 

 wounds, dilute chloride of lime with twenty times its quantity of water, 

 and dress with it whenever there is an offensive discharge ; mix a 

 poultice with this preparation, and put it on. It will remove all smell, 

 and cleanse by its action. 



SWEATING OR LIQUID BLISTER. 



An infusion of two ounces of Spanish flies in a pint of oil of turpen- 

 tine. This forms a good liquid blister. If you wish to make a good 

 sweating blister, so that it will raise a certain degree of irritation and 

 inflammation on the skin, but not sufficient to blister, good to gradually 

 remove some old or deep-seated inflammation, or cause of lameness, 

 add a little common oil. Should be rubbed in well. 



THE BEST CORDIAL FOR A HORSE. 



The following is the best cordial for a horse that is old, has lost his 

 appetite, and is recovering slowly from sickness, or for an old horse 

 that has been worked too hard. 



