152 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



No. 3. 

 Oil of turpentine, - - 2 oz. 

 Vitriolic acid, - - i oz. 



Mix cautiously in an earthen vessel, placed in 

 a current of air, that the sulfocating va- 

 pour which arises may be carried off. When 

 they are perfectly incorporated, add 



Common turpentine, and hog's") ^ 



lard, of each, - 3 



Bees wax, - - - 1 oz. 



To be melted over a gentle fire. 



This ointment may be made either stronger 

 or weaker, by increasing or diminishing 

 the proportion of vitriol and turpentine. 



Poll Evil. 



Ttiis disease also generally originates in a 

 bruise, and requires the same treatment as 

 the fistula. It consists at first in an abscess in 

 the poll, which by early attention might be 

 easily cured ; but if the matter be suffered to 

 penetrate to the ligaments and bones, it fre- 

 quently proves more difficult of cure than the 

 fistula in the withers, and cannot be subdued 



