Ch Ai». XLIX. Of the Mangel 185 



and only gives it gentle Help when rightly ufed, as it cools 

 and refrefhes a plethorick and full-bodied Horfe. 



After thefe things, Recourfe muft be had to outward Ap- 

 plications, for it is thefe alone that muft give the finilhing 

 -Stroke to it, as the Diftemper is feated outwardly, and not 

 deep rooted ; and for that Purpofe Nothing has ever been 

 found more efredtual than Sulphur, for which it bears the 

 Teft of all Ages ; and if it fometimes proves otherwife, it is 

 altogether owing to the ill Management of it, or the other 

 prepofterous Methods that are made ufe of along with it. 



The following will kill any Itch in the Beginning. 



" Take common Sulphur and frefli Butter, of each haU 

 " a Pound, Turpentine two Ounces. Mix them together, 

 " and anoint all the Parts with it once a Day"*. Or this : 



" Take the Roots of (harp-pointed Dock, half a Pounti, 

 " boil them in a Pint of Vinegar till they be foft, then pulp 

 *' them thra' a Hair Sieve, after which take of Bees- wax 

 *' two Ounces, Hogs-lard four Ounces ; melt them over a 

 " gentle Heat, and mix them with the Pulp, then add hall 

 *' a Pound of Flour of Brimftone." Or the following : 



" Take Elecampane-roots in fine Powder, two Ounces, 

 *' the Roots of v/hite Hellebore an Ounce, Flour of Brim- 

 " ftone four Ounces, Mix them in a fufficient Quantity of 

 *' Ointment of Tobacco, to make a ftifF Ointment. 



Either of thefe being rubb'd upon the Parts, with the Af- 

 fiftance of a hot Bar of Iron, once in twenty four Hours, 

 will kill the Mange in a {^\n Days ; neither will it be ne- 

 ceflary to fret the Skin to a Rawnefs, for, inftead of doing 

 gqod, that Method proves more frequently prejudicial, as 

 it excites too great Pain, whereby a too great Derivation 

 of the Humours is caufed towards the infedted Parts ; which 

 is the Reafon why even the beft Farriers are obliged t9 

 have Recourfe to cauftick Medicines, the Difeafe being 

 grown too powerful to be deftroy'd by thofe of a milder 

 Operation. The Ufe of Copperas Water and Allum Wa- 

 ter is likewife prejudicial in moft Cafes, as I have often 

 obferved ; for all that thefe can contribute towards the 

 Cure of the Mange, is only by allaying the Heat and Itch- 

 ing, in which albeit they may fometimes lucceed, yet as 

 they obftrud the Pores very much, by hardening the Skin, 

 they make it liable to crack, often rendring thofe Parts 

 fubje6l to frefh Heat and Inflammation, by which it de- 

 generates to Ulcers and Boils. The beft Way therefore is 

 only to rub the raangv Places gently with a wollen Cloth, 

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