TECB HORSE, ITS DISEASES. 491 



No treatment, in addition to that already prescribed for heart disease, 

 can be recommended. 



IV. Stings and Bites. 



Hornets, wasps and bees often attack horses, and sometimes cause 

 them serious injuries. To relieve a case of this kind, we use one of the 

 following remedies, with which the coat must be thoroughly saturated: 

 Solution of ammonia ; weak carbolic acid wash, ( 1 ounce to a quart of 

 water) ; 1 pint of lime water, in which 1 drachm of carbolic acid is dis- 

 solved ; or oil of lobelia. 



Cases are recorded of horses having died in consequence of an attack 

 of bees. In ordinary cases, the preceding direction properly carried out 

 will be sufficient ; but in more aggravated ones, sponge the whole body 

 with lime water, and then smear with linseed oil. If lime is not accessi- 

 ble, use a weak solution of soda. Spirits of turpentine and laudanum, 

 in equal parts, will give relief. 



To prevent the stings of gad-flies, make a strong infusion of the green 



bark of the elder, and wash the flanks before going out. To prevent the 



bites of buffalo-gnats, that are so troublesome along the lower Mississippi, 



cover the parts most likely to be attacked with a mixture of tar and lard 



^two parts of lard to one of tar. 



V. Palling OflF of Hair. 



i^'or that unwholesome state of the skin and hair glands known by the 

 learned terms of humid exanthema and dry exanthema, that causes tho 

 falling off of tbe hair, the following is an excellent local remedy when 

 the animal is not under general treatment for some disease primary to 

 the state now under consideration : 



No. 209. 1 Ounce pulverized charcoal, 



1 Pint olive oil, 

 5 Ounces pyroligneous acid, 



1 Ounce common salt. 



Mix, and rub upon the parts daily with a sponge or a soft rag. 



VI. Acute Irritation of the Skin. 



For that acute irritation of the skin consequent upon clipping, witft 

 which some horses suffer so much, wash twice a day carefully with « 

 solution of soda (2 ounces of soda to a bucket-full of water). It th« 

 horse is especially feverish and sore, give the following purgative: 



No. 210. 8 Ounces castor oil, 



2 Ounces tincture of aloes, 



2 Dracnms essence of peppenninL 



