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
FOR URINE BOUND.
Take dandeline leaves, make a strong decoction and drench freely. A
decoction made of water-melon seeds will answer the same purpose. Whiskey
will generally accomplish the object.
FOR THE DISTEMPER.
Give the horse indigo water to drink: feed on bran mash mixed with a
small quantity of sulphor or brimstone; or you may use some good horse
powders, adding thereto a little of the brimstone. The easiest mode to
tincture the water with the indigo is to put it into a common muslin
bag; then dip the bag into the water, letting it remain until the water
becomes bluish, or until you think it contains a sufficient quantity of
the indigo. Give no other water to drink. This is a safe remedy.
HOOF OINTMENT.
Take 1 pound of tar and 1 pound of tallow, mix them with ½ pound of
common turpentine in a stone ware dish; stir them until they are
thoroughly mixed together. This is an excellent dressing for sore hoofs,
for horses and oxen.
EMBROCATION FOR THE THROAT.
This embrocation may be used without taking the hair off. Take
2 ounces spirits of hartshorn,
2 “ oil of turpentine,
2 “ spirits of camphor,
1 “ laudanum.
Mix well and put into a bottle; keep it well corked.
TO MAKE ELDER OINTMENT.
Take the green leaves of elder, if they can be had; if not, take of the
inside bark any quantity and lard in proportion to the elder, then fry to
a crisp, which will be found very efficacious in healing sores, scalds,
burns, sprains, or any humorous swelling. The elder alone fried in the
same manner and strained, makes a much better ointment. This is worth
making and keeping on hand, as its cost is a mere trifle.
FOR BLOOD OR BOG SPAVIN.
For curing the above disease dress with mercurial ointment two or three
times, and then with iodine ointment. To make mercurial ointment, take
1 ounce of quicksilver to 3 ounces of lard, beat both together until
thoroughly mixed. Iodine ointment is made by mixing equal quantities of
iodine and mercurial ointment well together.
A GOOD HORSE POWDER.
The following prescription will make an excellent powder for ordinary
purposes. Take
2 pounds sulphor of brimstone,
2 “ cream of tartar,
1 “ antimonia,
1 “ saltpetre.
The dose of this mixture is 1 table spoonful morning and evening.
ON BLISTERING.
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