SIO ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



Vo. 35. 4 Drachms powdered aloes, 



1 Drachm common salt, 



2 Drachms hot water. 



Mix, and inject when blood-warm. 



Use every possible means to promote the formation of pus and its dis. 

 eharge. Common distemper and strangles are similar in some of their 

 eymptoms, and one may run in the other. Stimulate the swelling witk 

 the following: 



No. 36. Two parts spirits of turpentine, 



One part laudanum, 

 One part spirits of camphor. 



Apply this three times a day with a 

 brush until soreness is produced. Af- 

 ter each application keep the parts 

 warm with folds of flannel, kept in 

 KiGHT-TAiLED BANDAGE. placc with au eight-tailed bandage, a 



piece of flannel having three slits 

 cut in the ends for tying, and long enough to go round the throat and tie 

 over the top of the head. 



If this does not cause the tumor to form, prepare a poultice as follows ; 



No. 37. 1 Part powdered slippery elm, 



1 Part poplar bark, 

 1 Part ground flax seed. 



Moisten with vinegar and water equal parts, quilt between two folds of 

 cloth and apply to as large a surface as possible. When the tumor has 

 formed pus and is nearly ripe, which may be known by a soft place where 

 it is working its way to the surface, open it with a knife with a round- 

 pointed blade, and if necessary increase the opening with a button-pointed 

 bistoury, to allow free exit of matter. It will give almost immediate re- 

 lief- Then apply to the swollen glands night and morning, the following : 



No. 38. 4 Ounces spirits of camphor, 



3 Ounces pyroligneous acid, 

 1 Pint neat's foot oil. 



Mix. If the acid is not to be easily obtained use strong cider vinegar. 

 Prepare the following powders : 



No. 39. 2 Ounces powdered gentian, 



1 Ounce powdered golden seal, 

 1 Ounce powdered pleurisy root, 

 1 Pound powdered liquorice root. 



Mix, and divide into six powders, to be given in the food night and 

 iQorning. 



