355. GREEN OINTMENT

Take of lard, 6 lbs., put into a ten gallon kettle; add 2 gallons
of water; cut jimpson seeds and fill them in, and cook from 4 to 6
hours slowly, till all the water is gone; then put into jars, and
add to each pound of ointment one ounce of turpentine. Good for
galls, cuts, scratches, &c.


356. HOOF EVIL OR THRUSH GREASE HEELS

Bleed and physic, and poultice the feet with boiled turnips and some
finely ground charcoal at night, for two or three nights; then wash
the feet clean with castile soap and soft water, and apply the blue
ointment every day; keep the horse on a floor and he will be well in
12 days.


357. BLUE OINTMENT

Take the ointment of rosin, 4 ozs; finely ground verdigris, 1/2 oz;
turpentine, 2 oz; mutton tallow, 2 lbs; oil of origanum, 1/2 oz;
tincture of iodine, 1/2 oz. Mix all together. This is one of the
best medicines that can be made for scratches, hoof-evil, and cuts,
and is good to apply on fistula after the rowels have been taken
out. It is as good for human as horse flesh.


358. HOOF BOUND OR TENDER FEET