RECEIPT BOOK. 117 



the following ointment is to be applied to the part, 

 spread on tow, and bound on with cloth and string. 

 Soft soap 1 lb. 



Common turpentine 1 lb. 



"Melt over a slow fire till the two articles are 

 completly united. The dressings may be repeat- 

 ed two or three times, which never fails to complete 

 a cure. 



^^The joint foul begins with great pain, attended 

 with inflamation and swelling betwixt the claws, and 

 even up to the fctjock joint. The claws are exten- 

 ded outwards from the swelling betwixt them, and 

 the animal is very feverish. The attack of the dis- 

 ease is very sudden. 



"In this case bleeding will be proper; after which 

 give a dose of epsom salts; then apply a plaister of 

 soap betwixt the claws, It must be repeated eve- 

 ry two or three days till a large core comes out, 

 which is always the case in this disease before a 

 cure can be completed. The wound may then be 

 dressed with the following digestive ointment^ in 

 order to heal it. 



Take of tar 1 lb. 



Common turpentine 1 lb. 



" To be put into a pipkin over a slow fire till it 



is completely dissolved,then take it from the fire and 



add to it four ounces of turpentine which should be 



stirred well together till it is incorporated." 



This disorder, or something very similar, has 

 been prevalent in the United States, and particu- 

 larly in the State of Maine. A communication 

 on the subject is published in the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Repository, Vol. 4, No. 4, page 348. 

 In this it is said that the immediate occasion of the 

 Hoof Ail, " is a stoppage of the issue between the 



