WARTS.
Warts are found on the eye-lids, the muzzel, the ears, the belly, the neck, the penis, and the prepuce. There are some caustics available, but frequently they must be removed by an operation.
If the root is very small it may be snapped asunder close to the skin with a pair of scissors, and touched with lunar caustic.
If the pedicle or stem is somewhat larger, a ligature of waxed silk should be passed firmly round it and tightened every day. The source of nutriment being thus removed the tumor will in a short time die and drop off.
If the warts are large or in considerable clusters, it will be necessary to cast the horse in order to cut them off close to the skin. The root should then be seared with a red hot iron; unless these precautions are used the warts will speedily sprout out again.
A COMPLETE LIST OF
Receipts Belonging to the Horse.
AND THEIR USES.
CELEBRATED HORSE POWDERS.
For the cure of Yellow Water, Hide Bound, Grub Worms, Bots, &c.
These powders will cleanse the blood and give new life and vigor to the animal, its effects will soon be made apparent. They are harmless and can be fed with safety. Take
- ½ pound gentian root.
- 1 “ flour of brimstone,
- 1 “ fenugreek,
- ½ “ alum,
- ¼ “ gum asafœtida,
- 1 “ rosin,
- ¼ “ angelica root,
- ½ “ rhubarb,
- ½ “ columbo,
- 1 “ copperas,
- 1 “ cut and dried tobacco,
- ½ “ cream of tartar,
- ¼ “ red tartar,
- 1 “ epsom salts,
- 1 “ juniper berries,
- ½ “ garden benedict,
- ½ “ salts of nitre,
- 1 “ spice berries,
- 1 “ antimony,
- 1 “ ginger,
Mix and pulverize well. The glass should be ground through a fine mill two or three times. If the benedict and spice berries cannot be obtained it will do well without them.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
The dose is 1 table spoonful night and morning, with bran mash or oats, which can be increased or diminished to suit the case. By leaving out tobacco it will make an excellent powder for cows, hogs, sheep, &c.