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Spirits turpentine, . . . . i pint. 



Oil spike, . . . . .1 gill. 



British oil, . . . . .1 ounce. 



Corrosive sublimate, . . .2 ounces. 



Shake well in the bottle and bathe the parts twice a day until quite sore ; 

 then stop bathing and grease with lard or any soft grease daily until well. 



Another method, and one perhaps equally as good, is, after 

 shaving off the hair, apply a blister composed of one part each 

 biniodine of mercury and pulverized cantharides to six of lard, 

 and apply with friction. Keep the head tied up for four hours 

 so that it cannot get to the parts treated, or an ugly blemish 

 may follow. Repeat this treatment until three applications 

 have been given, which should consume not less than two 

 months' time. 



SCRATCHES OR GREASE HEEL. 



This is a common affliction in all countries with which I am 

 acquainted. It commences in the cavity above the heel, and 

 between it and the fetlock. It is characterized, when fully de- 

 veloped, by hard scabs, sometimes in clusters and sometimes, in 

 extreme cases, covering the leg from the heel to knee or hock, 

 or by deep cracks in the skin. This disease may be properly 

 divided into two stages ; the first being generally known as 

 scratches, and the second as grease or grease heel. 



Treat/merit. There are many remedies given for the cure of 

 this disease. I will present my readers with a few which I con- 

 sider as good as the best in all cases. 



"Wash clean with castile soap and wipe reasonably dry. 

 Apply ointment made of one ounce of carbolic acid to two 

 tablespoonfuls of lard, and rub in well. 



A second remedy is : One pint fish oil, one ounce verdigris, 

 one tablespoonful salt. Heat well and stir thoroughly, then 

 add two ounces white hellebore, powdered, and three ounces 

 sulphur. Stir as it cools. Apply with fingers, filling all cracks. 

 After a day or two wash thoroughly with castile soap and 

 warm water, and rub dry; then fill the sore and the hair around it 



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