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affected horses should be dressed every fifth day. In the 

 army the dipping bath for mange and as a preventative 

 of this trouble proved valuable beyond words, and had it 

 not been for the hme and sulphur baths distributed 

 throughout the base hospitals both at home and in 

 France, etc., mange would, unquestionably, have become 

 an embarrassing problem. 



There are a large number of applications useful in 

 mange, but some of these are, unquestionably, more 

 serviceable as curative agents than others. At the 

 commencement of the Allies' war, those horses suspected 

 as having mange in the British Army were clipped and 

 dressed with a mixture of sulphur, oil of tar and a veget- 

 able oil, colza, rape, etc. They were washed at regular 

 intervals with paraffin soap. This dressing was quite use- 

 ful in its way, but altogether unsatisfactory, consequently 

 it had to be discontinued at most of the veterinary 

 hospitals. Many other compositions were employed, but 

 the lime and sulphur dip proved to be the real "man of 

 business " both at home and abroad. 



Parasitic Mange Order, 1911 



(i) Obligations under Order and Penalties. — Under the 

 Parasitic Mange Order, 191 1, every person in Great 

 Britain having in his possession or under his charge a 

 horse, ass or mule affected with or suspected of parasitic 

 mange is required to give notice of the fact with all 

 practicable speed to the police. Failure to give such 

 notice renders a person Hable to a fine of £20, and, in 

 certain circumstances, to a month's imprisonment. 



(2) Prevalence of Disease. — The information obtained 

 by the Board from enquiries made in connection with the 

 many outbreaks of mange reported to local authorities 

 shows that the disease is very prevalent at present, and, 

 though the disease is not of a nature which need alarm 

 horse owners, it is highly desirable that every possible 

 means should be taken to prevent animals becoming 



