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have met with a ready introduction for the cure of mange. 

 When employed, I recommend one of the following appli- 

 cations : 



Take of Sulphur, 5VJ ; 



Nut Oil, ftj; 



Common Turpentine, Jij. 

 Mix well together. 



Take of Sulphur, ^iv ; 



Powdered Hellebore Root, ^ij ; 

 Nut Oil, ftj. Mix. 



Mr. Daw's method of procedure for mange and other 

 cutaneous irritations, consists in, first, well rubbing into the 

 affected places with the hand : 



R Unguent. Hydrarg. Fort., Jiij ; 

 Saponis Mollis, Jxxiv. M. 



Two days after which (rubbing), the anointed parts are to 

 be washed thoroughly with soap and water ; and again washed 

 as before in another two days. A third washing to be given 

 after two more days, with the addition, now, of a thorough 

 scraping, which is to be followed by a good wisping by a 

 man oi^ either side until the skin be perfectly dry. Send 

 home the horse, with directions that it be exercised daily, 

 so that his skin be made warm or gently sweated ; the 

 wisping or rubbing being repeated on its return to the 

 stable. The results of all. this washing and wisping will 

 be the separation of ample scurf, or desquamations of 

 cuticle. 



Mercurial preparations will cure the itch ; but they are 

 not 80 certain as sulphur. This remark will apply to 

 mange : hence, the introduction of mercury into many of 

 our recipes for mange. Even sulphuric acid and water, 

 5ss to a quart of water, will, in incipient cases, arrest, and 

 even cure, the disorder. Turpentine, from its stimulating 

 properties, enters also into the applications for mange. 

 Tobacco-water (made by steeping an ounce of common 

 tobacco in a pint of boiling water) will also prove curative 

 in ordinary cases. My favorite remedy, however, is Bar- 

 badoes tar and nut oil. 



