Simple Emollient Ointments

1. Simple Cerate. Olive oil 1 pint, beeswax 4 oz.

2. Spermaceti Ointment. Lard 12 oz., white wax 2 oz., spermaceti 1 oz.

Blistering Ointments

The Spanish flies should be finely powdered, and the heat moderate.

1. Lard 4 oz., common turpentine 1 oz., p. flies 1 oz.; melt the lard and turpentine, and stir in the powdered flies. V. C. Mr. YOUATT substitutes resin for the turpentine.

2. Venice turpentine and resin, of each 1 palm oil or lard 2 melt together, and gradually stir in 1 of powdered flies. - Blai>e.

3. Palm oil 4 resin 1 ; melt together, and stir in 1 lb of powdered flies. - Clater.

4. Mild, Lard 4 oz., Venice turpentine 1 oz., p. flies 6 drs. - White.

5. Stronger. Mercurial ointment 2 oz., oil of bays 2 oz., Barbadoes tar 1 oz., oil of rosemary 2 drs., p. flies 1 oz. - White.

6. Strong. Oil of turpentine 1 oz., oil of vitriol 2 fluid drs.; mix in a basin, and add melted lard 6 oz., oil of origanum 1 oz., powdered flies 1 to 2 oz. - White.

7. Strongest. Strong mercurial ointment 4 oz., oil of origanum 1/2 oz., finely powdered euphorbium 3 drs., p. flies 1/2 oz. - White.

8. Blaine's Mercurial. Common blister (No. 2, above) 4 oz., sublimate in fiue powder 1/2 dr.; for splints, spavins, etc.

9. For common purposes. Lard 6 oz., Venice turpentine 4 oz., beeswax 2 oz., yellow resin 1/2 oz., oil of origanum 1/2 oz., powdered cantharides 3 oz. It may be softened in winter by rubbing it with a little turpentine. - White.

10. Powdered flies 5 drs., lard 4 oz., oil of turpentine 1 oz. - Hinds.

11. Mustard Blister. Best flour of mustard 8 oz., water to form a paste. - Youatt. Others add 2 oz. of oil of turpentine, and 1 oz. pure water of ammonia.

12. Mylabris in fine powder (see Mat. Med.) 1 dr., prepared lard 4 oz. Digest together over a water-bath for 3 hours, occasionally stirring, while hot, filter through paper, and allow to cool.

Note. - The hair should he clipped closely, or shaved off, the part fomented with warm water, and the blistering ointment well rubbed in. In inflammation of the lungs, etc, blistering is more successful after bleeding. In 24 hours, a little olive or neatsfoot oil should be applied, and repeated night and morning. The head should be tied up for the first two days, and the litter removed from the stable. If strangury is produced give plenty of linseed tea. The simplest blisters are perhaps the best for common purposes. Sublimate blemishes. Sweating downi is effected by milder stimulants; for this purpose, the liquid blister (see Liniments, under "Medicines for Horses") is lowered by some mild oil, etc.