190 MANGE. 



in combination with Mercurial Ointment, Lard, and Olive OH, 

 as an application for outward use. 



The above ingredients should be thoroughly combiDcd, and 

 a portion should be liberally applied to every part of the skin 

 where the Acari are likely to lodge. 



Should the malady occur during the summer season, expose 

 the patient, after being dressed with the ointment, to the free 

 action of the sun, the heat of which will increase the action 

 of the application considerably. It is seldom that over three 

 or four dressings are required to effect a radical cure. 



Great precaution should be taken to apply the ointment to 

 every part of the skin affected, otherwise the Acari will again 

 spread, and speedily become as virulent as before. 



It is good practice to wash the patient in the course of 

 thirty or forty hours after each application of the ointment. 

 Wash with warm water and soft soap ; and when the skin and 

 hair are thoroughly dry, paint the body over with Olive Oil. 

 This will check the exhalent action of the dermal structures, 

 and prevent the patient from taking cold. 



Ceeasote. — Sometimes the above compound fails to pro- 

 duce tliat immediate effect which is desirable, in which case 

 recourse must be had to a mixture of Creasote and OHve Oil 

 combined in the following proportions : — 



Creasote ... 2 oz. 



Olive Oil ... 3 pints. 



