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animal. With a keen knife excise the external bunches of proud flesh. 
As each lump is removed, much bleeding will ensue; therefore, before 
using the knife again, take an iron and lay it flat upon the raw surface. 
Should one not check the hemorrhage, return the first to the saucepan 
and apply a second. It is necessary to operate with as small a loss of 
blood as possible; for horses having grease are always old and debil- 
itated. In this manner proceed till all the external growths are cut 
away. Then let the animal rise. Enough has been suffered for one 
occasion; more agony the exhausted system of the animal might not 
sustain. Besides, with every attention concerning the irons, the bleed- 
ing, generally, will not permit more to be accomplished. 
One thing has been forgotten. When removing the fungoid excres- 
cences, it is always well, for the comfort of the operator, to have the leg 
previously saturated with chloride of zinc; also to have a man, with a 
sponge and a quart of the solution, ready to bathe the limb as fresh sur- 
faces are exposed. Subsequently wet the leg frequently with the lotion 
last recommended. 
In another three days the animal may, a second time, be cast. The 
operation being again confined to the crop of growths which on the 
former occasion were exposed; all the previous directions should also 
be strictly carried out. After three days have once more been suffered 
to elapse, the horse, if necessary, should be thrown for the last time, and 
the knife once more employed. The after-treatment will depend much 
upon circumstances. If the ulceration predominates, employ the last 
lotion. Should the granulations appear likely to grow, make use of the 
first solution of chloride of zinc—only it should be double the strength 
which was originally recommended. When both ulceration and granu- 
lation appear equal, the first and last lotions may be alternated. 
Such are the chief remedies necessary for the cure of grease. The 
other measures are: the removal to a loose box thickly bedded with 
refuse tan; the food should be liberal—old beans are now of every ser- 
vice; each feed of oats should be rendered damp, and a handful of 
ground oak-bark ought to be thoroughly mixed with it. For medicine, 
those excellent tonic and alterative drinks may be thus prepared, and 
given daily :— 
Drink for Grease. 
Liquor arsenicalis . . . . . . . . One ounce. 
Tincture of the muriate ofiron . . . . One ounce and a half. 
Porter or stout . . . . . . . . One quart. 
Mix, and give one pint night and morning. 
Chopped roots, speared wheat, hay tea, and a little cut grass, should 
it be in season, are all proper in this disease. At the same time, walk- 
