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1 part of either of these substances with 10 parts by 

 weight of lard or vaseline. A very large surface of 

 the body should not be covered with strong carbolic 

 acid preparations on account of the danger of absorp- 

 tion and poisoning. 



Convenient liquid preparations for the treatment of 

 scabies are made by mixing Peruvian balsam 1 ounce, 

 alcohol 3 ounces; or, 

 glycerine 3 ounces, water 

 1 ounce, carbolic acid 1 

 dram; or, glycerine 2 

 ounces, alcohol J 3 ounce, 

 water ^ ounce, creolin 

 1 dram. The affected 

 parts of the body may be 

 rubbed with either one of 

 these preparations every 

 four or five days until a 

 cure is effected. 



It is well to finish the 

 treatment by dipping the 

 birds in a two-per-cent Fit?. 51.— .^'^z-ro//,-,-- /.fr/V, var. gai- 



hinv ; ovig-erous female, seen on the 

 creolin l')ath \lV2 ounces dorsal sunace; mai^nified 100 diam- 

 eters. 



creolm to 1 gallon of 



water) and to whitewash the houses with carbolated 

 whitewash. This will kill any mites which may be 

 left in the feathers or about the roosts. " 



FAVUS. 



This disease is popularly known as " baldness " or 

 "white coml)." It is caused J13' a fungus named the 

 Achorion Schonleinii, which also attacks mankind, 

 dogs, cats, rabbits and mice. When it affects people 

 the disease is known as tifiea favosa and favus, the 

 tendency being to accept the latter name. The para- 



