150 SURFEIT. 



strength by feeding with the best oats and a little beans, 

 alternately with the laxative treatment. 



Should these means not suffice, or the disease become 

 worse, consult a medical practitioner, who will probably 

 administer diuretics ; or if you cannot procure a profes- 

 sional man, give the following excellent tonic and alter- 

 ative drink, recommended by Mr Mayhew : — 



Liquor arsenicalis, . . 1 ounce. 

 Tincture of muriate of iron, 1^ „ 

 Water, .... 1 quart. 

 Mix, and give daily half a pint for a dose. 



Hidebound requires the same treatment as surfeit. 



Mange is generally the result of insufficient food and 

 other privations endured at grass, and of the neglect of 

 the skin consequent on animals being turned out for a 

 time to take care of themselves. 



It is highly contagious, and is now admitted to be 

 occasioned by an insect which is engendered in the foul 

 coat. 



A capital wash is recommended by Mr Mayhew, 

 viz. : — ■ 



About a pint and a half is said to be the quantity 

 required to make one dressing. Every portion of the 

 entire coat should be saturated with this wash, and thus 

 left for two clear days, when it should be washed 

 clean with soft soap and warm water, equal care being 

 taken to omit no part of the body, which should after- 

 wards be thoroughly dried and the coat well dressed or 

 whisked. 



