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removal; in obftinate cafes, however, it may.be advifeable 
to give an alterative ball. For the ointment, take iulplnir 
vivum, finely powdered, four ounces; oil of turpentine, 
three ounces ; hog’s-hird, fix ounces; mix, and rub.—■ 
Or, in very bad cafes, take oil of turpentine, four ounces; 
ftrong vitriolic acid, half an ounce ; mix cautipufly, and 
add train oil, fix ounces; fulplmr vivum, four ounces; 
mix, and well rub in. For the lotion, take white helle¬ 
bore, powdered, four ounces; boil in three pints of water 
to one quart, then add, miiriat of quickfilver, two drams ; 
after having been .previoufly. dilfolved in three, drams of 
muriatic acid. — For the alterative ball, take muriat of 
quickfilver, half an ounce ; tartarized antimony, three 
ounces; powdered anifeeds, fix ounces; powdered ginger, 
two ounces ; with fyrup to form the mat's, then to be 
divided into fixteen balls, one of which is to be given 
every morning. Should they appear to take off the appe¬ 
tite, or produce purging, they mutt be difc.ontinued two 
or three days. 
Grease. —This noifome difeafe confifts in an inflam¬ 
mation, 1 welling, and confequent difeharge from the heels, 
the matter having a peculiarly offenfive t'mell ; the heels 
being inoftly in a (bite of ulceration ; tlte fwelling fre¬ 
quently extends above the fetlock joint, fometimes as 
high as the knee or hock. When the inflammation and 
Iwelliqg are .confiderable, a large poultice- lliouId be ap¬ 
plied to the he Is, taking care to keep it conflantly mpill, 
by adding to it occafionaily a little warm water, giving 
at tlte fame time an alterative ball. After a few days, 
the inflammation and fwelling will have abated conlide- 
rably ; the poultice may then be difeontinued, and an 
aftringent lotion applied feveral times a-day. Should the 
heels be ulcerated, an aftringent ointment mull be ufed ; 
and if they are deep, and do not heal readily, wa.lh them 
with a detergent lotion, previous to each drefling. Re¬ 
gular exercife is of the higheft confequep.ee ; but it is ne- 
celfary to.chooi'e a clean and dry titnation for the purpofe. 
In flight cafes of greafe, the aftringent lotion, and a 
few diuretic balls, will generally effedt a cure ; but when 
the difeafe is of long (landing, and particularly if the 
horfe has fuffered from it before, there will be more dif¬ 
ficulty in its removal ; in fucli cafes an alterative powder 
may be given with the corn every day, until it produces 
a confiderable diuretic elieiSt : and in very obftiuate cafes 
rowels in the thigh are found ufeful. Digitalis, or fox¬ 
glove, has been recommended in thofe fwellings of the 
legs which are the conlequence of greafe ; but is a violent 
medicine, very apt to take off the appetite and injure the 
ftomach, and mu\ft therefore be given with caution: the 
dofe is from halt a dram to a whole dram. Though the 
greafe is mod commonly occafioned either by high feed¬ 
ing and want of p.roper exercife, or by negiedt in the 
groom, there are cafes where it feems to depend on gene¬ 
ral debility. When a horfe has fuffered much from this 
difeafe, and particularly if he appears to be weak and out 
ot condition, a liberal allowance of corn will tend to re¬ 
cover him, if aflifted by careful grooming; in cafes of 
this kind, exercife is effentially neceflary. For the altera¬ 
tive ball, take fuccotrine aloes, one ounce; Caltile fpap, 
one ounce and a half; powdered ginger and myrrh, of 
each, half an ounce ; with fyrup to form the mafs, which 
mu ft be divided into fix balls. This medicine, though 
of an opening quality, will improve the horfe’s ftrength, 
and at the fame time promote abforption.—For the alte¬ 
rative powder, take rofin and nitre, finely levigated, of 
each, four ounces; mix, and divide into eight doles. 
Nothing tends fo much to prevent greule and fwelling 
of the legs, as frequent hand-rubbing, and walking the 
heels carefully with foft foap and pot-liquor, as foon as 
a horfe comes in from his work. In inveterate cafes of 
greafe, where the difeafe appears to have become habi¬ 
tual in fome degree, a run at grafs is the beft remedy ; 
if a dry paddock be at hand, where a horfe can be Ihel- 
tered in bad weather, and fed with hay and corn, it will 
-be found exfreniely convenient, as in fucli cjrcumftances 
lie may perform his uftial labour, and at the fame time 
be kept free from the complaint. In very obftinate cafes 
a mercurial alterative is of great fervice, giving one ball 
every morning until the humour fubfides. 
For the aftringent lotion, take, alum powdered, one 
ounce; vitriolic acid, one dram; water, one pint ; and 
mix for ufe,—For the aftringent ointment, take, hog’s- 
larcj, four ounces; oil of turpentine, two drams; ; acerated 
water of litharge, ;half an ounce ; and mix for ufe.—For 
the mercurial alterative-,, take, calomel, half a drain; 
aloes, one dram ; eaftile fqap, two drams; oil of jupiper, 
thirty drops; to be made into a ball with fyrup, for one 
dofe.—For the aftringent powder, take, powdered .alum, 
four ounces ; bole, one ounce ; mix, and mingle with 
the corn. 
i 
Ma [.lenders and Sallenders.—W hen a feurfy erup¬ 
tion appears,on the pofteripr part of the knee joint, it is 
termed mallend. rs, and when,the fame kind of difeafe hap¬ 
pens tin the anterior of the hock joint, it is named fallcn- 
ders. Should the.fe complaints .occafion lamenefs, it will 
be proper to give a dofe of gentle phyfic ; let the hair be 
carefully clipped off front the difeafed part, and let all 
the feurf be walhed off with (oap and warm water; a cure- 
may then be foon effected by applying the fpllowing oint¬ 
ment twice a-day : fp.ermaceti, two ounces'; olive oil, 
one ounce ; camphor and oil of rolemary, of each, one 
d,fam ; acetated water of litharge, two drams, well mixed 
for ufe. 
Glanders. —This is a contagious difeafe, and has, as 
Sainbel acknowdedges, hitherto proved incurable. The 
moll elfential thing therefore to be enquired with refpeCt 
to tlte glanders, is the method of preventing its being 
communicated to found horfes, and the appearances by 
which it may be with certainty diliinguilhed from other 
difeafes. The fvmptoms are, a difeharge from one or 
both noftrils, and a fwelling of the glands under the 
throat : if one npftril only be affeAed, it generally hap¬ 
pens that the fwollen gland is on the fame (ide of the 
throat. Sometimes the difeafe remains in this (late for a 
confiderable time, at others the difeharge increafes, be¬ 
comes of a greenifli colour, and very feetid ; ulceration 
takes place within the nqfe, and the fwollen gland becomes 
.harder, and feels as if, clofely attached to the jaw-bone. 
A running cold has not unfrequently been millaken for 
the glanders, but may eafily be difringuiflied from it. In 
colds, there is generally a certain degree of fever, the 
eyes appear dull or watery, the appetite is diminiihed, 
and there is almoft always a cough. If the glands ot tlte 
throat llioitid fwell, they are not lo clofely attached to the 
jaw-bone as in the glanders, but feel loofe and moveable 
under the (kin; they are alfo generally in a date of aftive 
inflammation ; feeling hot, and fofter than in the glan¬ 
ders ; in colds, both noftrils are almoft always affedled ; 
in the glanders, it frequently happens that the difeharge 
is from one only. In colds the noftrils are very rarely 
ulcerated—in glanders it always happens, though at dif¬ 
ferent periods of the difeafe ; fometimes ulceration takes 
place at its commencement, at others a month or two may 
elapfe before it can be perceived. 
The ftrangles has been fometimes millaken for the 
glanders, but in this difeafe the inflamed glands very 
loon fuppurate and burft, whereby all the other fymptoms 
are generally removed, whilft in the glanders the glands 
feldom or never fuppurate : in order, however, to avoid 
all danger, it is advifeable, the moment a horfe is per¬ 
ceived to have a difeharge from his nofe, to put him into 
a liable where lie can have no communication with other 
holies: if the glands of the throat are enlarged and in¬ 
flamed, apply a large poultice to them, (leant the head 
three or four times a-day, let him be well clothed, parti¬ 
cularly about the head, and give powdered nitre one 
ounce, and camphor and tartarized antimony of each two 
drams. 
