The horseman's friend, or, Pocket counsellor / William B. McCrum.

  • McCrum, William B.
Date:
[1850?]
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Credit: The horseman's friend, or, Pocket counsellor / William B. McCrum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    baring corks, and no toes on the 8hoc«. This pan bo cured in the first stages, but if of long standing, tliera id no cure. Cure—Have shoos made thick at the toe and thin n*; the heels; take linseed oil '., pint, alcohol 4 ounces, on • ounce of camphor spirits, 2 ounces of laudanum,—shak< . fend apply to the back part of legs, rub it in well evcrv four days; still increase the thickness of the shoes at the toe. HOW TO REMOVE WARTS. Cut thorn out by the root-—take the Tcnjtckulum o- hook, n:n it through tire warts, and draw and it, and draw it out; if it should bl sed too much tike •> grains of nitre of silver, and one ounco of w.i asponge, and merely tcfcich the partjvhh this wash, am' it will stop them—treat it as any fresh wound—still ev- ery time yon wash it scratch thescab off, so the scar will be small. This is the only sure way to treat them. LOTS. Symptoms—very much like that of colic:—'he ears and legs are hot, and sometimes ' rill start in the flank and breast; Cure.—Hake one-half gallon of sage tea, add to it one ounce of alumn, dreueh with one-half of it, and if lie is not better in thirty or forty minute?, give the bal- ance and bleed —in six hours give a mild physic; this will never fail if given in time. Never giva turpentine, as many do, it v. .■■ kidneys. COLIC. Symptom-—the horse lays down n/anil looks at his flank; his cars and logs are cold. Cause of this i- coieT Water, and changeof food, over quuhl acid collecting in the so nach. Ci ::t~.—Take laudanum one-half one ounce, one-half pint of water milk \x- and if nol better in forty or fifty minutes, bleed atid re- peat, the drench. Do not allow the horse to be moved, while sick. FOUNDEP, IX THE FI! Symptoms—the horse is stiff, his feet hot, ami often tremble.-, very ihirstv.