t48 CAUSE AND REMEDY, CONNECTED. 



priate name of surfeit, the second is the more loathed mange, both having bu 

 one common origin. They are of the class of tubercular diseases, spoken of 

 by M. Dupuy quoted higher up (as partaking of glanders, &c.), are akin tt 

 grease, and to other accessions of matter on the surface, diflering only as ti 

 situation, and like the grease, require that we should promote absorption anc 

 the application of repellants. 



The cause of surfeit is thus distinctly met by the means of cure. The 

 symptoms, however, frequently announce the disorder that has taken place 

 within but a few minutes ere they subside again, to the utter surprise of all 

 oeholders. On such occasions mischief is supposed to lie in wait, and it is 

 generally understood that the pustules, or tumours, only retreat from the skin 

 U) infest some more vital internal organ ; but I always considered that such an 

 attack had subsided through its own weakness, for nothing ever came of it 

 after thus retreating spontaneously. Like surfeit in man, these tumours are 

 attended with a pricking pain, the animal appearing restless, flinching from 

 the touch, and looking round sharp at his legs and sides as if he were spurred 

 trivially. Whenever he can bring the parts to bear against the stall, the bail, 

 or the wall, the animal will rub violently, until the hair comes off, and the 

 skin is raw. Instead of tumours that emit a sharp, acrid, and stinking hu- 

 mour, like grease, a dry scurf apjiears, resembling scabs, and this is mange in 

 some animals: whilst other subjects exhibit no eruption whatever, though eve- 

 ry hair is affected in a small degree, the skin becomes dry, and he is then hide- 

 bound. 



Cure. — Surfeit is easily removed by a cooling purgative ; but if the pulse be 

 high, he should be bled also. Promote perspiration by means of the diapho- 

 retic ball recommended at page 146, with the same precautions as are there 

 set down. If the animal be fat, he must be reduced; give bran mashes, sod- 

 den oats, and good exercise ; and should moisture be found to discharge from 

 the skin, waoh it with the 



Surfeit Wash. 



Blue vitriol, 1 ounce. 

 Camphor, half an ounce, 

 Spirits of wine, 2 ounces. 



Mix in a quart bottle, and fill it with water. Wash with soapy water warm 

 (as in grease), rub dry, and apply the above wash once a day, and at the samd 

 time give one of the diaphoretic balls, as above. Let the diet be cool and open- 

 ing, as scalded bran, sodden oats, or barley : and if the horse is low in flesh, 

 mix an ounce of fenugreek seeds with his corn daily for a fortnight at leasft. 



THE MANGE 



Sometimes succeeds an ill-cured surfeit ; and is moreover an original disease, 

 arising from filthiness, hard living, ill-usage, and the con^^equent depraved 

 state of the system. It partakes of the nature of itch in ma , is communica- 

 ble by means of the touch, by using the same harness, cloth, ig, &c. and pro- 

 bably by standing in the same stall as a diseased horse may have left. 



The symptoms are stated in the preceding pages, and from its cause we 

 may rest assured never attacks horses in condition. As in surfeit, the horse 

 's constantly rubbing and biting himself: great patches of the coat are thus 

 rubbed away, and ulceration frequently supplies the places. Scabs appear at 

 ♦he roots of the hair of mane and tail ; large portions whereof fall away. 

 When eruptions appear, they form a scurf, which peels off, and it is sacceeded 

 by fresh eruptions. 



