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morning and evening, at the same hours as before, 

 having first washed them with warm soap and water. 

 The former ointment is not to be omitted. 



LOTION FOR TENDER SHANKS. 



The leg, from the knee to the fetlock, often becomes 

 very sore after sweating or galloping on hard ground, 

 and he flinches when being hand-rubbed, which he 

 never did before. Having fomented each leg for five 

 minutes, as high as the knee, in a tub of rather hot 

 soapy water, and gently dried them, warm and rub in 

 gently with flannel, morning and evening, the follow- 

 ing lotion : Boil four ounces of bruised poppies, and 

 four ounces of mm leaves, in four quarts of water ; 

 strain off two quarts, and add three ounces of cam- 

 phorated spirits. 



SAL AMMONIAC LOTION. 



Four ounces of crude sal ammoniac (almost al- 

 ways procurable in the bazaar), and one ounce of su- 

 gar of lead, dissolved in three pints of vinegar and one 

 of water. 



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