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cise kind, is the best — is proof itself. Itching, rubbing, 

 biting skin ; hair falls off in patches ; skin dry, white, 

 lifeless, shedding scales and white dust and disclosing red 

 pimples, and, in inveterate cases, becoming hard, dry, 

 corrugated. 



Fig. 46. The mite or acarns known as Symbiotes Equi. Magnified. 



Remedy. — Wash : Cut up an ounce of common roll 

 tobacco; keep in water near boiling point 6 to 12 hours; 

 strain and make up 26 ounces, adding 2 to 4 ounces glyc- 

 erine. Liniment : Linseed oil 1 pint, oil of tar 2 fluid 

 ounces, sulphur 2 ounces. Hub one or other of these 



