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■go. 138. T) Ounces of powdered borax, 



2 Pounds of honey, 

 1 Gallon of boiling water. 



Mix, let it become quite cold ; hold up the horse's head moderately and 

 pour half a pint into the mouth. At the expiration of half a minute 

 allow the head to gradually drop so the fluid may flow over the inflamed 

 surfaces. This should be repeated several times a day. Beyond this 

 nothing can be done except to attend to the general health of the animal, 

 which should do no work until entirely recovered. 



Xm. Aptha, or Thrush. 



A disease incident to sucking animals and young horses, generally 

 occurring in the Spring and Fall. 



How to know it. — Red patches will appear on tongue, cheeks and lips, 

 which assume a whitish color, caused by a fungus growth 

 (cedium albicans) . The lips swell; the tongue hangs 

 out of the mouth ; vesicles form containing a clear, 

 gelatinous fluid. At length these burst ; crusts form 

 and recovery ensues. 



What to do. — Give the animal soft food as recom- 

 mended for other mouth diseases. Wash the mouth 

 with the lotion prescribed for scald mouth, or prepare 

 equal parts of honey and powdered bayberry bark into 

 a paste, with which anoint the affected parts every night. 

 To purify the blood and promote the general health give the following ; 



No. 139. 1 Ounce flowers of sulphur, 



1 Ounce powdered sassafras bark, 



2 Ounces powdered golden seal. 



Mix, divide into four portions and give one every night in scalded 

 shorts allowing it to get cold. Or give it in cold gruel as a drink. This 

 prescription will be found valuable in any case and for all farm stock 

 when the blood is thick and inclined to humors. Give fully grown swine 

 half the dose prescribed, and full grown sheep one-third the dose ; that 

 is, divide into eight doses for swine and twelve for sheep. 



XIV. Inflammation of the Parotid Gland. 



Causes. — This gland, which lies in the hollow that extends from 

 the root of the ear to the angle of the lower jaw, sympathizes with in- 

 fliimmation of the uppe^ part of the throat, and becomes hot, tender and 

 swollen in almost ever case of cold. It is liable to inflammation also 



