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bics, bad diet, joined to want of clean- 

 liness. The perspirable matter being 

 never properly removed by friction, 

 and being frequently mixed with dust, 

 &,c., completely plugs up the exter- 

 nal exlialants, whereby they become 

 obstructed, and a diseased action 

 takes place. It may also be caused 

 by infectious matter coming in con- 

 tact with the skin ; as when a sound 

 horse rubs himself against the stall 

 in which a" mangy horse has been 

 kept. The principal symptoms are 

 the horse growing very thin with- 

 out any apparent cause, attended 

 with a staring of his coat ; this is 

 soon followed by eruptions, which 

 discharge a thick yellowish matter, 

 forming a kind of scurf, which peels 

 off, and is succeeded by fresh erup- 

 tions, and the hair falls off. This, 

 though partial at first, soon spreads 

 all over tlie body, is attended with an 

 itching, and causes the horse to rub 

 against everything he comes near. 

 In this disease, great attention to 

 cleanliness is necessary. 



"In the horse, the following will be 

 found the best remedy. Bleed to the 

 extent of two or three quarts, ac- 

 cording to the constitution of the an- 

 imal, and after first preparing the 

 horse by bran mashes, give the fol- 

 lowing dose of physic : 



Barbadoes aloes 6 drachms 



Powdered ginger 2 " 



Castile soap 2 " 



Oil of caraways 20 drops. 



Honey or molasses, sufficient to form 

 a ball. After which, give the fol- 

 lowing alterative balls : 2 oz. each of 

 powdered black antimony, powdered 

 nitre, flour of sulphur, Castile soap, 

 and anise seed powder, 1 oz. of rosin, 

 added to a sufficient quantity of hon- 

 ey to make eight balls, one to be giv- 

 en every night. 



" The following ointment may be 

 applied externally : 



Black sulphur 8 ozs. 



Strong mercurial ointment . . 2 " 



Soft soap 4 " 



Train oil 1 pint. 



"These ingredients to be well 

 mixed, and one third part carefully 

 rubbed in daily. If the above oint- 

 ment should be found ineffectual, 

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four ounces of spirit of tar may be 

 added. 



" Dogs and swine are frequently 

 subject to mange. For the coumion 

 scabby variety in the dog, the fol- 

 lowing ointment is recommended : 



Powdered sulpliur 4 ozs. 



Muriate of ainmuuia, powdered . ^ " 



Venice turpentine J " 



Lard, or other fatty matter . . 6 " 

 Well mixed. 



MANGEL WURZEL, MANGOLD 

 WURZEL. See Beet. 



MANGER. The trough or crib 

 from which animals eat. 



MANGO. " It is a very large fruit- 

 tree, inhabiting the tropical parts of 

 Asia, throughout all which it is as 

 extensively cultivated as the apple 

 and pear trees are in Europe. Old 

 specimens have been seen with a 

 trunk from 10 to 15 feet in circum- 

 ference. The fruit is something like 

 a nectarine, but more compressed, 

 longer, and more curved. It contains 

 a large stone, covered with coarse 

 fibres, which lose themselves in the 

 succulent flesh. Tiie wild and infe- 

 rior varieties of this fruit taste so 

 strongly of turpentine as to be wholly 

 unfit for use by Europeans ; but in 

 the fine varieties this flavour is re- 

 placed by a rich sugary quality, which 

 renders it very delicious. The fruit 

 of the Mangifera Indica, a tree culti- 

 vated in Asia, is also called mango." 

 — {Brandc.) 



MANGOSTEEN. The fruit of the 

 Garcinm mangostana, growing in Ja- 

 va and the Molucca Islands ; it is of 

 the size of an orange, and of a deli- 

 cious flavour. 



MANGROVE. Small trees of the 

 genus lihizophora, inliabiling the riv- 

 ers and coasts of the tropical world. 



M A N H AD DEN. Clvpea manka- 

 dcn. A migratory fish, resembling 

 the herring, taken in immense quan- 

 tities off the eastern and northern 

 coasts for manure ; they should be 

 made into a compost with earth or 

 peat : some apply them naked to the 

 land. 



MANIOC. Cassava, tapioca. 



MANIPULATION. The opera- 

 tions of tlic laboratory. 



MANITRUNK, MANITRUNCUS. 



