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the animal is undergoing anointment. "When the horse has 

 been thoroughly rubbed with the above, there is no danger 

 to be apprehended of his affecting other horses in the same 

 stable or field. 



While the animal is subjected to this treatment, his food 

 should be plentiful and nourishing, but not of stimulating 

 quality. If during warm summer weather, he should be 

 turned out to graze ; but if the weather is cold, he shouM 

 be plentifully supplied with green food. 



Sometimes this complaint is deceptive in its appearance, 

 and seems better than it really is after the above treatment. 

 Therefore, to guard against a return of it, the rubbing 

 should be continued for three or four days after it is appa- 

 rently well. The alterative medicine should also be con- 

 tinued for ten or twelve days after a cure has been effected- 



It is hardly necessary to say that the clothing which the 

 animal wore during the use of those remedial means must 

 be thoroughly cleansed. To render infection impossible, 

 they should be first soaked in water, with the addition of a 

 thirty-fifth or fortieth part of the saturated solution of 

 chloride of lime, and afterwards well washed with soap and 

 water. In short, every part of the harness, rack, manger, 

 and partitions should be completely scrubbed with a strong 

 solution of soda and water ; and when dry, with a solution 

 (^f chloride of lime, in the proportion of a pint to three 

 gallons of water. The currycomb should also be well 

 cleaned, and the brush thrown away. 



We would particularly caution all persons possessing 

 horses to be watchful of this disease ; and whenever they 

 observe indications of itching in the head or neck of the 

 animal to examine carefully if any symptoms of this dis- 

 agreeable disease exist, and to attack it instantly. What 

 we have already mentioned, namely, that in mange the 



