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Many pcrfons have fuppofcd the fcab to be 

 merely a cutaneous difeafe, and ofcourfe applied 

 only external remedies to the part immediately 

 affecled, without conlidering that a purification 

 of the blood was ncccfTary to a radical cure. In 

 fuch cafes, thefe applications, adminiftercd fingly, 

 often do more harm than good, becaufe they 

 drive in the eruption, and fix the difeafe in the 

 internal and more noble parts of the animal. 



The beft way therefore to treat this diforder is, 

 on its firft appearance, to give the fheep fomc- 

 thing inwardly to drive out the eruption ; and then 

 external applications are made with propriety, and 

 generally with fuccefs. 



The following recipe has been tried and found 

 effectual in numerous inftances in this county and 

 in Suffolk, where very large flocks are kept: — 



Take a gallon of foft well or pond water, and 

 divide it into two equal parts. In one pint dif- 

 folve eight ounces of old hard foap, to which, 

 when diffolved, add two ounces of fpirits of hartf- 

 horn,and half a pound of common fait, with four 

 ounces of roll brimftonc, finely powdered and 

 fiftcd. In the other part of the water put two 

 ounces of leaf tobacco, and one ounce of hellebore 



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