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Treatment. The l)esi [)lan for curing this disease in horses, is 

 as follows: Take fine sea-sand, sucli as is used by stable-men for 

 scouring steel bits, and rub the affected parts well for a few min- 

 utes. Then wash the ])arts well with good soap and water, and a 

 brush, after which dry tliem carefully. Then anoint w'ith the fol- 

 lowing ointment : Powdered sulphur, one ounce; hog's lard, two 

 ounces; mix. The following is more cleanly : Liver of sulphur, 

 or hepar of sulphur, two to three ounces; cold water, one quart; 

 mix, and make a wash. This plan, with either of these mixtures 

 properly applied, will not only kill the insect, but will effect a 

 cure. This disease has baffled many who have attempted its cure 

 W'ithout first reaching the insect, by scouring him out of his cov- 

 ering, and killing him with sulphur — a highly destructive article 

 to parasitic life. 



Observe. This disease is contagious. Stall-posts, mangers, har- 

 ness, combs, brushes, etc., used about the horse, should be sub- 

 jected to great heat either by boiling or steaming. Trees, gates and 

 rubbing-posts in the field, should be washed with water, and coated 

 with a mixture of sulphur, lime and water. 



(3.) Eczema. — This is an affection peculiar to some horses during 

 the summer months. By close inspection large numbers of minute 

 elevations, or raised parts, closely joining each other, and filled 

 with a watery fluid, will be observed ; the skin will soon present 

 a red and angry look, the hair be short and dry, accompanied with 

 extreme itchiness — so much so sometimes, that horses so affected 

 become almost unmanageable. The situation of this disease is 

 usually in the hind legs, and is considered hereditary. At all 

 events, when a horse is once attacked by it, it is liable to return 

 again with the warm weather. 



Cause. A peculiar condition of the blood, developed by heat. 



Treatment. This disease in my hands, in several carriage horses 

 which were rendered completely useless in the summer months, 

 has not only been cured, but also prevented from returning, by 

 the administering of half ounce doses of the sulphite of soda, 

 for two weeks previous to the hot weather, once a day. In ad- 

 dition to this, a few bundles of fresh grass, cut from the borders 

 of several gardens, were given. The soda is designed to neutralize 

 ferments in the blood ; and the fresh cut grass to assist b}^ its 



