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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
be applied, extending from the coronet to some inches above 
the swelling. 
From this period mud doses of medicine and diuretics 
should be given, accompanied by a third part of cordial 
mixture, which is composed of the following ingredients :— 
Caraway powder 
Bruised resins 
Ginger . 
Palm-oil 
8 ounces, 
8 ounces, 
4 ounces, 
4 ounces ; 
to be well beaten into a pulp. 
If the horse is of a full habit of body, physic should 
always be given before diuretics, and in some instances it 
will be prudent to abstain entirely from giving the latter; 
but in cases where the animal is much debilitated, diuretics 
with the above pulp will be preferable. It will also be 
necessary to attend carefully to the feeding of horses at this 
time. Green meat will be found the best, and carrots are 
still better, and a very moderate quantity of corn, so that 
the tendency to fever may be kept down. The next 
essential is proper exercise, and care must be taken not to 
overdo it ; and when the animal has been walked for some 
days, he may be afterwards exercised at a gentle trot. 
There is a much worse kind of grease than that which 
we have just described and prescribed for, although it is not 
so common. In this species the ulceration spreads over the 
skin of the heel and the entire fetlock, and a highly 
sensitive fungus protrudes from both, mixed with scales : 
it is irritable in the extreme, and bleeds on the slightest 
touch. In a short time this fungus assumes a covering 
of a horny texture, projecting in the form of knobs 
and in congregated bunches, which, from their peculiar 
similarity to grapes, have acquired that name. From the 
