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that the grease requires we should be always doing 

 a something for the animal, either of topical ap- 

 plication, or in devising the means of carrying off 

 the cause of the disorder by stool, by urine, or by 

 perspiration. For by keeping one or other of 

 these evacuations agoing, we enable the animal's 

 system to take up or absorb (as before described) 

 the watery particles of the lymphatics, which re- 

 maining indolent in the blood constitute the disease. 



Alum Wash, — No. 1. 



Alum, 2 ounces, 

 Blue stone, 2 drachms, 

 Water, 1 pint. 

 Mix, and wash the part two or three times a day. 



Strotig Alum Wash. — No. 2. 



Alum, \ 



Sugar of lead, V of each 2 ounces, 



Vinegar, ) 



Water, I pint. Mix, and use as before. 



Strongest, or Mercurial Wash, — No. 3. 



Corrosive sublimate, 2 drachms, 

 Muriatic acid, 4 drachms, 

 Water, 1 pint. 

 Mix, and apply to inveterate cases. 



Diuretic Alterative Powders, 



f tie : , . I of each 3 ounce, 

 r owdered resin, \ 



