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Cure, — fiurfeit is easily removed by a cooRng puf' 

 gative ; but if the pulse be high, he should also be 

 bled. Promote perspiration by means of the diaplo- 

 retic ball recommended page 63, with the same pre- 

 cautions as there set down. If the animal be fat, he 

 must be reduced ; give bran mashes, boiled oats, and 

 good exercise ; and should moisture be found lo dis- 

 charge from the skin, wash it with the 



Surfeit Wash. — Blue vitriol, 1 ounce ; camphor, half an ounce ; 

 apirifs of wine; 2 ouuces. Mix in a quart bottle, and fill it with 

 water. 



Wash with warm soapy water, rub dry, and apply 

 the above wash once a day, and at the same lime 

 give one of the diaphoretic balls, as above. Let the 

 diet be cool and opening, as scalded bran, sodden oats, 

 and if the horse be low in flesh, mix an ounce of fenu- 

 greek seeds in his grain daily for a fortnight. 



THE MANGE sometimes succeeds an ill-cured 

 surfeit ; and is moreover an original disease, arising 

 from filthiness, hard living, ill-usage, and consequent 

 depraved state of the system. It partakes of the na- 

 ture of itch in man, is communicable by means of the 

 touch, by using the same harness, clothing &c. and 

 probably by standing in the same stall a diseased 

 horse may have left. 



Symptoms. — -.As in surfeit, the horse is constantly 

 rubbing and biting himself; great patches of the coal 

 are thus rubbed away, and ulceration frequently sup- 

 plies the places. Scabs appear at the roots of the hair 

 of mane and tail ; large portions whereof fall away. 



When eruptions appear, they form a scurf, which 

 peels off, and it is succeeded by fresh eruptions. 



Cure. — The cure is to be effected by topical appli- 

 cations of sulphur, and giving the same internally as 

 an alterative ; but mercurials are mostly preferred by 

 •our moderns ; I subjoin the most approved receipes 



Mange Ointment. — Hog-'s lard, 2 pounds; sulphur vivum, 1 

 pound; white hellebore, powdered, 6 ounces. 



Mix with oil of turpentine sufficient to make a soft 

 ointment, rub the animal wherever the eruption and 

 scurf appear, with hair cloths, or a besom, so as to 



