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the horse’s temper is not improved, and its mouth is decidedly injured. 
Such results will vex the temper of any good groom, and very many it 
will anger to the throwing up of their situations. They ‘will not get a 
horse into beautiful condition for master only to spoil.” 
When the horse is thus injured, ignore all filthy ointments; such 
things consist of verdigris, carbonate of zinc, horse turpentine, blue, 
green or white vitriol, mixed up with dirty tallow or rank lard. Now, 
to grease a horse’s teeth is not much worse than to tallow its lips; if 
the former prevent it from feeding, the latter is not calculated to improve 
the appetite. 
Discarding all unguents, have the following lotion prepared :— 
Chloride of zinc. . 2. 2. . . 1...) . «Two scruples. 
IWSECGT? ah ia. hee etka eae Gases vei Gana. Sor ae ROM Intsy 
Essence of aniseed . . . ... =... +. Asufficiency. 
Pour some of this into a saucer, and, with anything soft, apply the 
lotion to the sore places; do not rub or scrub; do your ministering 
gently; so the parts are wet, no further good can be accomplished ; use 
this wash after every feeding or watering. Ina little while amendment is 
generally perceptible; where violence has been used, it is impossible to 
foretell the extent of the injury. A superficial slough may be cast of; 
this process is attended with fetor; that the lotion will correct, and 
thus add to the comfort of the horse. The cure, however, will possibly 
leave the horse of a lessened value; where the skin 
has been destroyed it is never reproduced; the 
wound will, therefore, probably blemish, and may 
lead a future purchaser to suspect “all sorts of 
things.” The horse is certainly deteriorated; with 
the skin the natural sensibility of the part is lost. 
PERMANENT pLEMISH AND A cicatrix, consisting only of condensed cellular tis- 
Nice sexsiniLity oF sye, must form upon the spot; this structure is very 
feebly, if at all, nervous, and when compared to the 
smooth and soft covering of the lips, may be said to be without feeling, 
and is very liable to ulceration. 
PARROT-MOUTH. 
This, strictly speaking, is not a disease; it is a malformation; the 
upper incisors, from those of the lower jaw not being sufficiently de- 
veloped, meet with no opposing members; they consequently grow very 
long, and from their form are likened to the bill of a parrot. 
This formation is not unsoundness, but it cannot be a recommendation; 
the horse can only gather up its corn imperfectly; much falls from the 
