48 CURINE— The Great 



TREATMENT.— Protect him from the cold and 

 make him comfortable with blankets. If his appe- 

 tite remains good, feed him good clean hay, oats 

 and a nice hot bran mash once or twice a day. If 

 the fever is high, feed him a small handful of Ep- 

 som salts twice a day. Put a small handful of hay 

 with a little pine tar on it in a bucket and pour a 

 pail of boiling water over it; hold the horse's head 

 over this for ten or fifteen minutes and let him 

 inhale the steam thoroughly; keep stirring it with 

 a wisp of hay. Repeat three or four times a day 

 until the cough is relieved. If the abscess under 

 the jaw is large, open it at once and bathe it and 

 the swollen gland well with warm water. Do not 

 blister the throat, as no medicine is necessary for 

 the treatment of distemper, unless other complica- 

 tions arise. 



MANGE. 



Mange is due to the irritation of the skin caused 

 by a small parasite. 



SYMPTOMS. — An incessant and increasing itch- 

 ing in some parts of the back, mane, head, tail and 

 lower parts of the legs or heels. The hair may be 

 rubbed off, eruptions and scab formed from the 

 effects of the constant scratching:. 



TREATMENT.— Wash thoroughly with warm wa- 

 ter and castile soap until scabs are removed, and 

 when dry paint over the affected parts with CUR- 

 INE, Repeat once a day for two or three days. 

 Wash all harness, brushes, curry combs and stable 

 utensils in a solution of creolol, two ounces to one 

 gallon of water. Boil all blankets and rubbing 

 cloths in water and whitewash the stalls. As a 

 new family of these parasites are raised about every 

 two weeks, it would be well at the end of that time 

 to apply CURINE again for a couple of days, same 

 as before. 



