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valuable cooling lotion. This will be found useful for 
ne : : ee where there i: no external wound. Another good 
oe iation nay be made of one ounce of chloride of ammonium, and one 
qunde BF nitrate of potassium, dissolved in one pint of water. he 
~ Regarding liniments and embrocations, the ordinary soap | woes ‘ 
the British pharmacopeeia is very useful as a sear eae a e 
compound linament of camphor is also very useful 2 It ee . mage 
expensive. A good liniment for general use is made up of strong so ution oO 
ammonia four drachms, methylated spirit one ounce and a half, oil of 
turpentine six drachms, soft soap one ounce, hot water sixteen ounces. We 
must warn our readers against using those embrocations, whose property is 
to heal and cure all forms of disease to which the horse is liable. They are 
frequently expensive, and often too strong for general use. Consisting 
sometimes largely of turpentine, they often have a very deleterious effect. 
We were called a short time ago to a horse, valued at £80, which had 
sustained a slight injury of one of the fore legs. The owner had rubbed in 
some strong embrocation, and had thus set up acute inflammation. Acute 
erysipelas set in rapidly, in spite of all that could be done, and the animal 
died in three days. Never employ an embrocation to a raw wound of recent 
pcoeeee ae blisters, the ones most generally useful are the red ointment 
of biniodide of mercury (made of red iodide of mercury in fine powder one 
ounce, and olive oil one ounce ; mix thoroughly with a wooden knife, and 
add of melted lard seven ounces) ; and the cantharides ointment (made of 
powdered cantharides one part, venice turpentine one part, resin one part, 
Jard four parts—melt together). When a mild liquid absorbent blister is 
required, the liniment of iodine is useful in reducing glandular swellings. ; 
We are often asked to give our opinion of the value of certain liquid 
preparations for the cure of splints, side-bones, ring-bones, and spavins. N to) 
doubt they are of some efficacy for the purposes for which they are used ; 
but similar and still more valuable mixtures can be obtained at a very much 
Jess expenditure. It is the old tale of quack medicines, which people think 
good because they are dear, or are well spoken of. We append a formula, 
which can be made up at any chemist’s, which is a still more effectual 
mixture than those we are speaking of. Some may prefer to waste their 
money, but we trust our readers will not uselessly throw theirs away. Take 
forty-five grains of perchloride of mercury, dissolve in two ounces of 
methylated spirit, add forty grains of biniodide of mercury. This (which must 
be labelled poison) is a very effectual mixture for the reduction of all splints, _ 
or other bony eee : 
"We are frequently asked to express our opinion of the value of certain 
internal patent medicines for horses. We can only speak favourably of two, 
which we employ ourselves. One is Dr. Collis Brown’s chlorodyne, the 
other is Dr. Blumendorf’s worm specific, a very valuable medicine for 
expelling worms in horses and dogs. It is not cheap, but is very effectual. 
To return to our original point, we may say in conclusion, that it 
