372.  The liver

In disease of the liver or yellow water, give the following ball every morning until it operates upon the bowels.  Take of aloes 7 drachms, calomel 1 drachm, ginger 4 drachms, and molassas enough to make it into a ball, wrap it in a paper and give it; give scalded bran and oats, grass if it can be got; when his bowels have moved, stop the physic, and give 1 oz. spirits of camphor in half a pint of water, every morning, for twelve days, rowel in the breast, and give a few doses of cleansing powder.  Turn him out.

373.  Balls for worms in horses

Take of barbadose aloes 6 drachms, powdered ginger 1-1/2 oz., oil of wormwood 20 drops, powdered natron 2 drachms, and molassas to form a ball.

374.  Balls for hide bound

Take of barbadose aloes 1 oz., castile soap 9 drachms, and ginger 6 drachms.  Make into a ball.

375.  Healing ointment

Take of lard 5 parts, rosin 1 part, melt them together; when they begin to get cool add two parts of calamine powder, stirring well till cool.  If the wound is unhealthy add a little turpentine.

376.  Galls on horses

Bathe the parts affected with spirits saturated with alum.

377.  Grubs in horses

Take of red precipitate a teaspoonful, form into a ball, repeat if necessary in 30 minutes.

378.  Stiff shoulders or sweeney

Rowel from the top of the shoulder blade down as far as there is no pealing.  First cut through the skin, and then two thin fibres or strippings, use the blunt needle, move it back and forwards five or six inches, draw in a tape or seaton, and the next morning wet it with tincture of cantharides, do this every other day, move them every day, wash the part clean, let the tape stay in until the matter changes to blood, this is for both diseases.  Let him run out if possible.  He will be well in six or eight weeks.  If for sweeney you may work him all the time.

379.  Sick stomach in horses

Bleed half a gallon, then if he will eat a mash give him one, give no hay, then give him 1/2 oz. of rhubarb every night until it moves his bowels, then take of gentian root 4 oz., fenu-greek 2 oz., nitre 1/2 oz., mix and give a large spoonful every day.  Do not give him too much to eat when his appetite returns.

380.  Lung fever

Bleed four gallons from the neck vein, and take 1 oz. of aquanite, add to it half a gallon of cold water, drench him with a gill of it every three hours, drench him over the lungs, then give him water to drink that hay has been boiled in, and to each gallon of it add 1 oz. of gum-arabic, and 1/2 oz. of spirits of nitre; give this every four hours; foment and rub the legs with alcohol and camphor, until they get warm; do not move the horse.  Keep him in open stall if hot weather.