276 DADDS VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



No. 29. Unslaked lime 1 lb. 



Flour of sulphur 2 lbs. 



Water 12 pts. 



Put these ingredients in a stone jar, set it on the stove, or in 

 a regular water-bath, until it boils. During the interval, the 

 mixture must be constantly stirred, both in view of insuring a 

 complete mixture, and of keeping the lime and sulphur from de- 

 positing in the bottom of the jar ; for, should this occur, the jar 

 will crack. The mixture must be stirred with a wooden spatula 

 or glass rod. Keep the mixture boiling for about ten or fifteen 

 minutes; then set it aside for twelve hours, at the end of which 

 time pour off the clear liquor, bottle tightly, and cork the bottles. 

 These should be put away in a dark closet, as the mixture soon 

 decomposes when exposed to the sun's rays. Tnis remedy will 

 cure the itch on horses and cattle. It is, also, a sure cure when 

 used on man. It is not adapted to the cure of the malady in 

 sheep, as the sulphur is supposed to be injurious to wool. The 

 only objection to its use is, that it has a very unpleasant odor — 

 smells like sulphureted hydrogen. Before applying this mixture, 

 the animal should be thoroughly washed with warm water and 

 common brown soap; then wipe the animal dry, and apply the 

 sulphur mixture, by means of a sponge. One application, if 

 properly applied, will usually suffice to kill the parasites. Should 

 it fail in the first instance, a reapplication will do no harm, as 

 the preparation is perfectly inocuous. 



Scabies is to be treated in the same manner ; in fact, all diseases 

 of the skin, supposed to be dependent on the presence of parasites, 

 are to be treated after this fashion. Gerlach, of the Royal Ve- 

 terinary School of Berlin, has made a series of experiments with 

 various remedies for the destruction of the itch parasite, and the 

 following table shows the result of his labors : 



