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get rid of the loose filth before applying the ointmenf^ 

 Uub it well every other day, and the following 



Alterative for the Mange, No. 1. — Tartarized antimony, 1 

 ounce; muriate of quicksilver, 2 drachms; ginger and anise seed, 

 powdered, of each 3 ounces. 



Mix, with mucilage sufficient to form the mass ; di- 

 vide it into six balls, and give one every morning 

 until the eruption disappears. 



Alterative for Mange, No. 2. — Antimony in fine powder, 8 

 ounce; grains of paradis?, 3 ounces. 



Mix, and add Venice turpentine to form the mass 

 which divide into twelve balls. Give one daily whilst 

 the rubbing is continued. 



HIDE-BOUND. 



The cause of hide-bound is commonly the same as 

 that which produced the last-mentioned disease, viz : 

 poverty, only that the particular animals may not be 

 in the same state of general health, and the more de- 

 praved would incur mange, whilst another would be- 

 come simply hide-bound. This is less of an original 

 disease than the effect of some other, and of bad di- 

 gestion and consequent defective perspiration beyond 

 all others. 



Symptoms. — As the word implies, the hide or skin 

 seems bound or glued to the bones ; the animal is al- 

 ways very low in flesh, or we might aver the skin ad- 

 hered to the flesh. The pulse is low, and great weak- 

 ness is manifested in every step the patient takes. As 

 the tightness is first observable at the sides of the an- 

 imal's body, before it reaches the limbs, and every 

 hide-bound subject examined by me, proves the fact, 

 I have no hesitation in ascribing hide-bound to disor- 

 dered digestion, which includes the negation of where- 

 withal to digest, or starvation and hard work. Again, 

 one of two extremes attends the bowels ; they are ei- 

 ther relaxed greatly, or much constipated — Usually 

 the former ; which may be the effect of a long fit of 

 illness from inflammation or fever, and the use of 

 strong medicine, or much of it. 



Cure the animal by the direct contrary conduct to 

 that which brought on the illness. If its stomach b© 



