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ihej are attacKed by this complaint, and supplied with dry 

 litter, and the same applications given as in catarrh. The 

 following may also be administered with advantage in 

 addition to the other medicines, and should be given every 

 twenty-four hours, until the symptoms have left : — 

 Saltpetre, powdered . 1 ounce. 

 Febrifuge antimonial powder 6 drachms. 

 Camphor, powdered . -^ drachm, 



Prepared kali . . 2 drachms, 



Willow-bark powder . 1 ounce. 

 To be given in a quart of thick oatmeal gruel. 



CHAPTER V. 



DISEASES, ETC., OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF CATTLE. 



SCURF, SCAB, OR ]\IANGE. 



Symptoms. — This is a disease of the skin, and is manifested 

 by its stiffness, and sticking fast to every part of the body, 

 as if it were too small for the carcass, and first becomes 

 visible about the head and jaws, the skin exhibiting a pale, 

 dry, scurfy appearance, and then extends down the should- 

 ers and back. The animal rubs itself violently against 

 every object which it comes near ; and unless remedies 

 are applied, it will tear its skin, and cause bleeding, and 

 thereby produce scabs, which retard the eflScacy of the 

 ointment, and allow the disorder to become more deeply 

 rooted. 



Causes. — Poverty of the blood is an immediate cause of 



