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U will, perhaps, excite some surprise therefore, wlien I affirm, 

 that it is not only hurtful, but not unfrequently fatal also! 

 M7jen long- continued, it is very apt to end in dropsy. In 

 some cases it diseases the mesejiteries, and the animals die 

 tabid ; and in no instance can it be neg-lected with impunity. 

 in sporting- dogs, its existence greatly unfits them for their 

 various uses. It vitiates their scent, and lessens their wind 

 and strength ; and, as before hinted at, I do not think dogs 

 healthy companions for their owners, when much affected 

 with this complaint. 



TreatiJient of Mange— WhsiieveT similarity may exist be- 

 tween this complaint and the human itch in other respects, a 

 very great difference is observed between the obstinacy 'of 

 the one, and the ease with which the other is cured. Medi- 

 cal practitioners among the human, consider the itch as local ; 

 but veterinarians, to their vexation, will find mange consti- 

 tutional: too often very deeply rooted also. Like the human 

 itch, it is best cured by remedies that excite absorption ; and 

 the grand remedy of the one is also the general application 

 for the other, which is sulphur: but, as mange exhibits 

 greater varieties, and is altogether more difficult of cure, it 

 is seldom that we can trust to this alone for that end. The 

 following formulae are adapted for ihe first described form of 



mange : — 



loe 



^^o- 1- — Powdered sulphur, yellow or black 4 ounces 



Muriate of ammonia (sal ammoniacA , ,^ 



7 V J , ' \ halt an oun< 

 crude) powdered J 



Aloes, powdered l dram 



Venice turpentine half an ounce 



Lard, or other fatty matter 6 ounces.— Mix. 



Or, 



No. 2. — Tobacco in powder , half an ounce 



White hellebore in powder half an ounce 



Sulphur in powder 4 ounces 



Aloes in powder 2 drams 



Lard, or other fatty matter 6 ounces. 



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