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that all the medicines used by farriers con- 

 sists, like the above, of a great number of 

 heterogeneous substances, it will not ap- 

 pear astonishing that the veterinary art 

 made so littJe progress while in their hands. 



Oil of Palm, or Palm Oil This, 

 though termed an oil, is of the consistence 

 of hog's lard, and very similar to it in its 

 medical qu;ilities. It is of a yellow colour, 

 and has rat'^cr an agreeable smell. 



OLIBANlM. a gummy resinous sub- 

 stance, soinc't mes used in medicine as a sti- 

 muiat.ng expectorant^ but scarcely known 

 in vetenaary p .actice. 



ONIOnS. These possess a diuretic 

 power in the horse, but are seldovn used. In 

 iiuppression of urine, a peeled ouion is some- 

 times j)l"iced witb'.n the sheath, or prepuce 

 of a horse, or vagma of a mare, with a view 

 to excite .staling. It is said to succeed now 

 and then, but in difficult cases it is certainly 

 an inadequate remedy, and when the blad- 

 der is inflamed may do much injury. . 



OPIATE CONFECTION, is composed 

 of opium, long pepper, and other stimu- 

 lants. One ounce of the confection does 

 not contain more than fourteen or fifteen 

 grains of opium : it may, therefore, be 



