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TREATMENT. Make an ointment as follows : 



Flour of sulphur, one pound. 



Mercurial ointment, two ounces. 



Common turpentine, one pound and a half. 



Lard, one pound and a half. 



Melt the turpentine and the lard together, and stir in the 

 sulphur when these begin to cool ; afterward, rub in the 

 mercurial ointment, by placing the whole mass on a flat 

 stone. This precaution is necessary to prevent the hand 

 coming in contact with the mercurial ointment. 



This ointment should be rubbed in whenever there is 

 mange. No danger will happen if the beast do not take 

 cold. 



Some medicine should also be given. The following 

 will be good : 



Flour of sulphur, two ounces. 



Black sulphuret of antimony, one ounce. 



Nitre, two ounces. 



Powdered ginger, one ounce. 



Divide these into four powders ; give one every other 

 morning, in gruel. 



RED WATER. 



SYMPTOMS. Purging, followed by costiveness ; appetite 

 poor ; pulse and breathing quick ; pulse often weak ; the 

 insides of the nostrils and eyelids pale ; legs cold ; milk 

 small in quantity ; the urine becomes brown, and some- 

 times black. 



TREATMENT. Change pasture : if the beast be quite ill, 

 house it, and feed on light mashes and a little hay. Give 

 the following : 



Epsom salts, one pound. 



Powdered ginger, half an ounce. 



Carbonate of ammonia, half an ounce. 



