1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 409.

Sand' Crack,

Eemove the shoe, and ascertain carefully the extent of the injary. If the crack is superficial, fill it with the composition below, and keep the foot cool and moist. If the crack has extended to the sensitive parts, and you can see any fungus flesh, with a sn\all drawing-knife remove the edges of the ciacked horn that press upon it. Touch the fungus with caustic, dip a roll of tow or linen in tar, and bind it firmly over it. The whole foot is to be kept in a bran poultice for a few days, or until the lameness is removed. A shoe may tlien be put on so as not to press on the diseased part. The pledget of tow may now be removed, the crack filled with the compo- sition, and the animal turned into some soft meadow.

No. 410.

Comjposition for Sand- Crack.

Take 4 ounces beeswax, 2 ounces yellow rosin, 1 ounce turpentine, and J ounce tallow or suet: to be melted together.

No. 411.

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Siifasts

Are horny substances on the back, under the saddle. Take hold of them with a pair of pincers and cut them out radically. Leave no part behind, or they will grow again. Dress the wound with green oint- ment. 16»