Horses are sometimes exposed to much danger, and will sometimes receive
the most extraordinary wounds. For the last ten years I have used very
little else, than a solution of the chloride of Lime. It is a sure
means of keeping out cold and inflammation.
First clean the wound from all filthy matter, and bring it into a
healthy state, and in this manner nature will heal it as soon as the
best ointment in the world.
Take chloride of Lime, 2 oz., dissolve it in 2 quarts of lukewarm
water. Then wash out the wound once a day. If it is deep and runs, a
syringe should be at hand in order to force the composition to every
part of it in the inside. Should proud flesh spring up at the entrance
of the wound, pulverized blue vitriol should be applied. In twenty-four
hours after the application, you can rub off from one fourth to one
half inch. Apply it again, until it gets below the surface of the
skin, then apply a little tincture of myrrh.