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cannot become dry without a loss of the desired action, and there is 

 also the fact that the material contracts during the process of 

 drying, and, if the bandage was applied with sufficient pressure at 

 first, the amount exerted by it when dry will be injurious. And a 

 third form of bandage is a wet roller covered with a dry one. This 

 method of applying pressure is advisable when it is required to 

 allay irritation at the same time that support is to be afforded to 

 relaxed or divided structures, as in cases of contused wounds or 

 severe sprains. 



MANE, TO MAKE GKOW. 



Rub into the roots of the hair a mixture of equal parts of neats- 

 foot oil and spirits of turpentine. 



MANGE. 



Give gentle purgatives, wash the skin with warm water and soap, 

 and then apply mercurial ointment 2oz., camphor l^dr., liquor of 

 ammonia 1-^oz., neat's-foot oil 4oz., well mixed together. No 

 difficulty is experienced in curing the disease in the incipient stage. 



Mange is sometimes so universally spread over the animal's body, 

 that as fast as one part is cured another breaks out. In long- 

 continued and neglected instances of the affection the acari are 

 spread over the body, and are protected by the numerous hardened 

 crusts and scabs, and in the deep furrows which are formed in 

 various parts of the skin, and so escape the action of the remedies. 

 Besides, the remedies are seldom, if ever, applied to every part of the 

 skin ; and generally only the diseased parts are dressed. In this 

 way a second attack of the disease may take place in a fortnight, or 

 less, and future partial dressings may have the same results again 

 and again. 



Internal remedies may be used in the treatment of obstinate 

 mange in cases where the condition is in the direction of plethora 

 or emaciation. The scabs can generally be got rid of by a good 

 washing with soft soap and warm water, aided by a hard brush. 

 After the washing, one of the many washes which are used for the 

 cure of mange may be applied over the skin freely, and well rubbed 

 in with a brush. A piece of an old spok(3 brush answers very 

 well for this work. The dressing should be very carefully 

 and completely used to every part of the skin where the disease 

 exists. 



Mange dressings generally contain mercury, arsenic, hellebore, or 

 tobacco, or otherwise some preparation containing turpentine and 



