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the scabs do not fall off, it will be proper to rub 

 them with mercurial ointment. 



In case the horse be lean, unhealthy, and hide- 

 bound, the following drink will be of advantage : 



Carraway seeds, - 1 ounce. 



Gentian root, - - half an ounce. 



Zedoary root, - - half an ounce. 



Fenugreek seeds, - half an ounce. 



Mithridate, - - half an ounce. 



These ingredients, being finely powdered, may be 

 given in a pint and a half of warm ale in the morn- 

 ing ; to be repeated every second or third day while 

 necessary. Here it is proper to observe, that no 

 drink should be boiled that contains either seeds or 

 roots. In case the humours be wet and itchy, that 

 part of the skin from which there is a moist discharge 

 may be bathed by the following lotion : 



Blue vitriol, _ - - 1 ounce. 

 Camphorated spirits of wine, 2 ounces. 

 In a quart bottle filled up with water. 



This lotion to be applied daily, after first washing 

 the parts with soft soap and warm water. While 

 this wash is applied, the horse should also be given 

 the emetic balls mentioned above. 



Sometimes, after a surfeit is cured, the hair falls 

 off those parts of the skin where the lumps and 

 swellings were situated, and grow again of a differ- 

 ent colour from the rest of the body. 



17. Mange. 



Symptoms. — This is a cutaneous disease, affecting 

 the skin, and rendering it tawny, thick, and full of 

 wrinkles ; especially near the mane, ears, loins, and 

 taiL These parts generally become entirely de- 

 prived of hair; or, if any remains, it stands erect 

 like hogs' bristles. The eruptions discharge a thick 

 yellowish fluid; and the horse suffers a perpetual 



