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affected, for three successive days. This is only to 

 be used when the hair comes off, or any redness 

 appears. 



The common mange may be cured by some brim- 

 stone alone, powdered fine, and taken inwardly, 

 either in milk, or mixed with butter, or the powder 

 may be made into an ointment with hog's lard, and 

 a small quantity of oil of turpentine, and the dog 

 rubbed with it every day. 



Large millet and sv/eet turnip-roots boiled in 

 cows' urine till it is like broth, is a salutary oint- 

 ment. The dog should be rubbed three or four 

 times. 



When the disease becomes obstinate, and scabby 

 eruptions appear on various parts of the body, take, 



Tobacco, in powder, - half an ounce. 

 White hellebore, in powder, half an ounce. 

 Sulphur, in powder, - 4 ounces. 

 Aloes, in powder, - 2 drachms. 



Lard, - _ _ 6 ounces, 



Mix it well, and rub once a day for a week : let 

 fresh straw be also put into the kennel every other 

 dav. 



The following is not only a clean remedy, but 

 probably the best : 



Foxglove leaves, - - 2 ounces. 



Put them into a jug, and pour upon them a quart 

 of boiling water : when cold, wash the dog, and re- 

 peat the washing every other day. A few washings 

 will effect a cure. 



The spongy mange requires the same wash that 

 the red does. 



The surfeit mange requires little variety in the 

 treatment, except that bleeding and purging are 

 more necessary. In this and all other kinds of the 

 disease when the sores are very irritable and much 

 inflamed, it will be frequently necessary to allay the 



