RECEIPT BOOK. 29 



horse has taken nine doses. A roioel is to bo 

 maoe mi the breast as soon as the use of the 

 medicine coinmcnces, turning it once a day. 



Working; the hoisc or bleeding him within three 

 months is tbrbidden. 



Another 



Take of walnut tree bark, red oak bark, sassa- 

 fras roots, spice wood twigs, young pine tops, the 

 running black brier roots, of each as much as can 

 be grasped in both hands, boil in four gallons of 

 water to two, then add half a pint of soft soap, 

 dose a quart of this decoction morning and even- 

 ing, adding to each dose a teaspoonful of copperas. 

 The horse should be stabled at night. This re- 

 ceipt is communicated l^y one of the principal plan- 

 ters of Wake, who assures us that he has repeat- 

 edly witnessed its efficacy. 



Strain of the Coffin-Joint. 



Thin hoof and sole are most liable to this injury. 

 Almost every one imagines the lameness to reside 

 higher up, as in the shoulder or the hip joint. 

 Great heat and tenderness of the part soon come 

 on; the latter syrr;?tom may be ascertained by stri- 

 king the hoof in front with a key or small stone, 

 when the animal wiL flinch considerably more than 

 when the correspon\«ag foot is s^: uck in the same 

 manner. When the horse would stand at ease, 

 he usually does so \. ith his toe pointing forwards, 

 so as to keep the pastern in a straight line with 

 the leg, and thereby take off the tension or pres- 

 sure upon the back sinew and ligaments: the 

 inflammation shortly after reaches the upper part 

 of the sinew, as may be ascertained by passing the 

 hand down over it, when the patient flinches. 

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