144 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



ishes. This disease is caused bv a filling up of the 

 lymphatic vessels with fluid, and a little of it 

 oozes out through the skin, forming a crust, and 

 the skin under it gradually becomes sore; and a 

 morbid growth of cells, which should have formed 

 the scarf skin, forms into bunches, which become 

 hard, although there are blood vessels in the lumps, 

 and in this way they develop. 



Treatment: In the early stage apply a poultice 

 of linseed meal, changing it twice a day until the 

 scurfy part is clean, then rub on once daily oxide of 

 zinc one ounce, vaseline two ounces. If there is 

 any tendency for scurf to form, apply the poultice 

 again. Give the horse a dose of physic; aloes is 

 the best, and when the physic operates give one of 

 the following powders once a day in bran mash: 

 Sulphate of iron four ounces, nitrate of potassium 

 four ounces, mix and divide into twenty-four doses. 

 Give regular exercise and do not feed much corn. 

 In cases where bunches have formed remove them 

 either by twisting them off with the fingers or 

 cutting them off with the knife or the hot iron. 

 This is best done by taking two shovels (fire), and 

 heating one of them red hot, and putting the cold 

 one between the skin and the hot one, and by using 

 a little pressure on the hot shovel it will cut off 

 the bunch. When they are cut off by this method 

 no caustic is needed, but when twisted off or re- 

 moved by the knife the raw parts should be 

 touched with a little terchloride of antimony once. 

 Then in all cases to heal them use the oxide of zinc 

 ointment once daily. There is another form of 



