1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE R^GEIPTS.

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SO as to expose the diseased parts. After cleaning the frog nicely, apply a solution of blue vitriol, and shortly after pour some melted tar-ointment into the cleft of the frog and cover its whole surface with tow soaked in the same ; and place on the tow a flat piece of wood, about the width of the frog, one of its ends passing under the toe of the shoe, the other extending to the back part of the frog, and oound down by cross-pieces of wood, the ends of which are placed under the shoe. Eepeat the dressing every dav.

No. 417.

Vives.

This is a disease most common to young horses, and consists in a long swelling of the parotid gland, beginning at the roots of the ears and descending downward. If it is painful and inflamed, apply the poultice; if it suppurates, open the lump, let out the matter, and dress with the green ointment. If it is hard and indolent, apply strong mercurial oint- ment, to disperse it, and bleed moderately.

No. 418.

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Wind- Galls. These swellings appear on each side of the back sinew, above the fetlock. It is dangerous to punc- ture them, as is sometimes done, as it may produce an incurable lameness. Tio^ht bandasres and moist- ening the parts frequently with a strong solution of sal-ammoniac in vinegar may do some good.