188 RECAPITULATION OF REMEDIES. 
dissolved in 1 pint of water; or nitrate of silver 2 drs., 
in a pint of water; or glycerine may be used with ad- 
vantage. Before using the wash, have the foot well 
cleaned. with castile soap and water. 
Thrush.—Wash the -feet well with soap and water, 
and sprinkle a small quantity of pulverized sulphate of 
copper in the cleft, and secure it by pressing a little raw 
cotton. 
Canker. —Take equal parts of pine tar and lard, add 
sulphuric acid while melting, apply to foot ; or use collo- 
dion } 0z., castor oil 1 oz., mix and apply to the parts. 
Scratches.—Wash parts in soap and water, and apply 
once a day: Collodion $ oz., castor oil 1 oz.; or apply 
once a week saturated solution bichloride of mercury. 
Grease Heels.—Give a ball of Barbadoes aloes 1 oz., 
pulverized gentian root 2 drs., pulverized ginger 1 dr., 
water sufficient to make the ball; wash the parts well 
and poultice for two or three days with the following: 
Flax-seed meal mixed with a solution of 2 drs. sulphate 
zinc to a pail of water ; bathe frequently with glycerine, 
or a solution of zinc, or a solution of chloride of lime. 
Water Farcy.—Give one of the following powers 
night and morning in the feed: Sulphate of iron 2 oz., 
nitrate of potassa 1 oz., pulverized gentian 1 oz., pul- 
verized ginger 6 drs., anise-seed, ground, } oz., mix and 
divide into 8 powders; or sulphate of copper, nitrate of 
potassa, and pulverized gentian, of each 1 0z., pulverized 
ginger 4 oz., anise-seed, ground, 6 drs., mix and divide 
into 8 powders. Rub hard and exercise moderately. 
‘Founder.—If the animal is in full condition, bleed 
freely from the feet, and give the following: Barbadoes 
