36 THE COMPLETE FARRIER, 



Symptoms. — At first it is confined to the skin, but by long 

 continuance it vitiates and pollutes the blood. The skin is 

 generally thick, and full of wrinkles, especially about the 

 mane, the loins, and the tail ; and the little hair remaining 

 on those parts stands erect. The ears and eyebrows are 

 commonly naked ; and when the limbs are affected, they 

 have the same appearance : but at the same time the horse is 

 not raw, nor does the skin peel off as in a Surfeit. 



Causes. — The Mange is generally taken by infection, for it 

 is so very catching, that if a horse be put into a stable where 

 one in the Mange has stood, before it be thoroughly cleansed, 

 he will hardly fail being infected. But though infection is 

 the general, it is not the only cause of the Mange. Low 

 feeding, and running long abroad in cold, pinching weather, 

 without sufficient provender, will cause a horse to have the 

 Mange. 



Cure. — When the horse has been infected by another, the 

 disorder is not so obstinate as when caused by starvation, for 

 the blood will not be in so bad a state. When you think a 

 horse has got the Mange, apply the following where you 

 think it needful, and it will cure it at the beginning without 

 much trouble or expense : 



4 ounces of Sulphur Vivum. 



4 ounces of White Copperas. 



4 ounces of White Hellebore Root, in powder. 



Mix all together in two quarts of butter-milk, and rub the 

 places well By this method you can cure most scabs of 

 short duration ; but when once the Mange has got great 

 hold, it will require sharper treatment. Make the following 

 for one horse : 



4 otinces of F^ulphur Vivum. 



2 ounces of White Hellebore Root, in powder. 



2 ounces of Blue Stone Vitriol, in powder. 

 ^ ounce of Verdigris, in powder. 



4 ounces of Flanders Oil of Bays. 



3 gills of Whale Oil. 



Mix all well together, and rub the horse well with it all 

 over — in the sun, if in summer, but before a fire if in the win- 

 ter. In summer you must also turn him out to grass after 

 rubbing, but in winter keep him warm in the house. You 

 must be careful to wash your saddles and bridles, cart gears, 

 stands, mangers, racks. &c.. well v/ith quick-lime and cham- 

 ber-ley ; for if you do not clean all that the horse may have 

 used, the infection will remain. You will find the above a 

 certain cure, if managed rightly, for I have cured hundreds 

 with it, and I do not remember one instance of its failure. 



