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ih'is complaint, and it is nearly allied to itch in the human 



being ; and no doubt, like that complaint, is produced by 



minute animalculse. 



Remedies. — The best specific is mercury ; but the animal 



is so apt to lick its skin, that it is a dangerous remedy. 



The following ointment has been found effectual in removing 



the complaint : — 



Sulphur vivum, powdered 4 ounces, 

 Elecampane-root, powdered 4 ounces, 

 To be mixed with hogs' lard 6 ounces. 



Let the whole parts affected be rubbed with this ointment, 



and repeated in the course of three or four days, if the 



itching does not abate. Some think that the following 



lotion is as certain as the above : — 



Corrossive sublimate, finely 



powdered . . i ounce. 



Muriatic acid . . 1 ounce, 



River, or rain-water . 1 quart ; 



to be applied with a sponge, daily, to the parts affected. 



COW-POX. 



The following is the description of this disease, as commu- 

 nicated by Dr. Jenner, the discoverer of it, and who first 

 applied it to the human being, and which has proved an 

 inestimable blessing to mankind.. Dr. Jenner was a medi- 

 cal practitioner at Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, and often saw 

 the complaint in various dairies in that neighbourhood. He 

 says, *' In this dairy country a great number of cows are 

 kept, and the ofiice of milking is performed indiscrimi- 

 nately by men and maid -servants. One of the former 

 having been appointed to apply dressings to the heels of a 

 horse affected with the grease, and, not paying due atten- 

 tion to cleanliness, incautiously bears his part in milking 



