The Farmer's Own Book: A treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse: with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued; also a treatise on the diseases of horned cattleKoogle, J. D.
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The Farmer's Own Book: A treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse: with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued; also a treatise on the diseases of horned cattle
TO CURE GALDS ON HORSES.
Take dry white lead and sprinkle it on the gald twice a day, which will
dry it up and cure it in a short time.
ARABIAN OIL FOR HORSES.
This oil is an excellent mixture for sprains, swellings, galds, &c.
either for a human subject or a horse. Take
1 quart of linseed oil,
1 pint of turpentine,
4 ounces oil of origanum
6 “ oil of spike,
6 “ spirits of camphor,
1 “ oil of sassafras.
Mix and shake well before using, and keep the vessel that contains it
well corked. The spirits of camphor is made by taking 95 per cent.
alcohol, adding as much gum camphor as it will dissolve.
FOR THE BOTS.
Dissolve in a pint of milk warm water ¼ lb. of alum and give it as a
drench; in ten minutes after give 1 pint of linseed oil.
AN INFALLIBLE LOTION FOR BLOWS, BRUISES, SWELLINGS, SPRAINS, &C.
This lotion is truly astonishing in its effects, and cannot be surpassed
for the purposes for which it is intended. Dissolve 2 ounces of gum
camphor in 1 pint of 95 per cent. alcohol, and when dissolved add
2 ounces oil of turpentine,
2 “ spirits sal amoniac,
1 “ oil origanum,
2 tablespoonsful laudanum.
This lotion must be well rubbed in with the hand for a full quarter of an
hour every time it is used, which should be four times a day.
FOR THE BLACK TONGUE.
Take a handful of fine salt and rub well upon the tongue of the horse
that has this disease, which will effect a cure in two applications. It
is an infallible, simple and cheap remedy.
LOTION FOR SCRATCHES OR GREASE.
Take white oak bark and make a strong decoction of it by boiling; then
dissolve a portion of pulverized alum in the decoction, say ½ pound of
alum to a quart of decoction, and it is ready for use. Before applying
the lotion, wash the parts with warm soap suds two or three times a day.
This lotion has never been known to fail when properly applied. A lotion
made of alum and water is said to be good.
TO QUIET OR TAME HORSES.
Take of the oil of roses 4 drops, oil of cummin 4 drops, and a portion
of the wart or horney substance that forms on the leg, powder it fine;
then drop the oil in and mix it in your hand, put some up the horse’s
nostrils, and give him some in his feed. This is said to be a certain
remedy for taming horses, so that you may handle them as you please.
TREATMENT OF FOUNDER.
As soon as it is ascertained that the horse is foundered, take from the
neck vein from 1 to 2 gallons of blood; then give 1 ounce of pulverized
alum, mixed with damp oats; place the horse in a dry stall, ground floor
is best, wrap the legs up as high as the knees and hock joints, with
woollen cloths, saturate them with cold water for seven or eight hours;
give him no food for twenty-four hours, and then let it be a light feed
of oats and bran mash mixed. In two or three days turn him out for
exercise. If the ankles continue feverish, bathe them at night with equal
parts of vinegar, alcohol and sweet oil.
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