UAVGE.] 



MODERN VETERINARY PRACTICE. 



[suhfkit. 



Or, uso the followin«:j, which may he a mure 

 convtMiieiit a]>[)lication : — 



"NVliitf lli'llfbori', pcnvclcred . . . . -1 oz. 

 Boil tliis ill thivo pints t)t' wattT until rt'Juccil 

 to one quart ; then add — • 



Muriate of tjuicksilver ... 2 diaclims, 

 after having been dissolved iu 



Muriatic Acid 3 drachms. 



This lotion is to bo applied to all the aft'ected 

 parts •with a small piece of sponge, having first 

 poured a portion of it into a saucer. This is 

 a verv eflicacious remedy, and the disease has 

 been perfectly cured by it in three dressings. 

 It should not be applied, however, until the 

 horse is sufficiently strong to bear the appli- 

 cation. 



Continue the use of the powders before 

 mentioned, with, occasionally, nitre iu his water 

 — an ounce is sufficient at one time — for three 

 weeks or a month ; and so soon as it is con- 

 ceived, by his condition, that he is in a state to 

 bear it, take away a moderate portion of blood 

 — say between two or three quarts ; give him 

 afterwards two mild doses of physic, selected 

 from the prescriptions on that article. This 

 will be found greatly to renovate him. 



The horse, from his previously impoverished 

 condition, will be much restored by the fol- 

 lowing tonic medicine : — 



Sulphate of Iron 12 drachms. 



Gentian, powdered . . . . 12 do. 



Ginger, ditto .... 6 do. 



Form into a mass with honey, divide into six 

 balls, and give one every day. By this means 

 his constitution will be strengthened; and 

 that poverty-stricken look with which he had 

 before been stricken, will gradually disappear. 

 Witli regard to the horse's trappings or ap- 

 pointments, such as the saddle, bridle, clothing, 

 or harness, either gig or cart, they should be 

 well washed and cleansed with soft soap and 

 hot water. The stable should be well limed and 

 whitewashed, so that every particle of the 

 disease may be totally eradicated. This and 

 good keep will prevent a recurrence of the 

 affliction. In the treatment of tiie mange, 

 Mr. Touatt doubts the propriety of bleeding 

 in some conditions of the patient. " If mange 

 is the result of poverty, and the animal is 

 much debilitated, bleeding will increase the 

 evil, and will probably deprive the constitution 



of tlie power of rallying. Physic, liowever, ia 

 indispensahlo in every case. It i.s the firHt step 

 in tile progress towards a cure. A incrciirial 

 ball will be preferable to a common aloetic one, 

 as more certain and eifectual in its operation, 

 and tho mercury probably having somo in- 

 fluence in mitigating tho disease. In thin, 

 liowever, mange, in the horse, resembles itch in 

 tiie human being. Medicine alono will never 

 effect a cure. There must be some local ap- 

 plication. There is this additional similarity — 

 that which is most eflectual in curing the itch 

 in the human being, must form the basis of 

 every local application for the cure of the 

 mange in the horse. Sulphur is indispensable 

 for every unguent for mange. It is the sheet- 

 anchor of the veterinary surgeon. In an early 

 and not very acute state of mange, equal por- 

 tions of sulphur, turpentine, and train oil, 

 gently but well rubbed on the part, will bo 

 applied with advantage. I'arriers are fond ol 

 the black sulphur ; but that which consists of 

 earthy matter, with the mere dregs of various 

 substances, cannot be so effectual as the pure 

 sublimed sulphur. A tolerably stout brush, 

 or even a curry-comb lightly applied, should 

 be used, in order to remove the dandritf or 

 scurf wherever there is any appearance of 

 mange. After that, the horse should be 

 washed with strong soap and water as far as 

 the disease has extended; and when he has 

 been thoroughly dried, the ointment should be 

 well rubbed in with the naked hand, or with a 

 piece of flannel. More good will be done by a 

 little of the ointment being well rubbed in, 

 than by a great deal being merely smeared 

 over the part. The rubbing should be daily 

 repeated." 



SURFEIT. 



Of surfeits there are two kinds, originating 

 in different causes ; one being no more than 

 an advanced stage of hide-bound, or out of con- 

 dition, which, having been long neglected, 

 continues to increase, with all its concomitant 

 symptoms, till tho blood becomes affected, and 

 Nature sets up this process to relieve herself 

 through the skin. 



The other kind of surfeit may be attnbutea 

 to drinking cold water. This differs from the 

 other in cause, but very little in effect ; and ia 

 that kind where, from ignorance or inattention, 



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