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Staphysagria) bruised lib., water 1| pints, boil slowly down to half 

 a pint or rather less, strain, and having pressed the seeds, place thern 

 in a percolator, and pass through it rectified spirit of wine till half a 

 pint ia obtained, mix this with the decoction, add § pint of glycerine, 

 and apply to the mangy parts, thoroughly saturating the skin. 



Petroleum or rock oil or paraffin is often used with effect, and leaves 

 the coat smooth and glossy. But where the skin is broken both this 

 and the preparation of stavesacre are too severe, causing very great and 

 unnecessary pain. 



Stavesacre Ointment. — An ointment made of 2oz. of finely powdered 

 stavesacre to |lb. of lard sometimes proves useful; it should be well 

 rubbed in several times a day. 



The following wash is recommended in extreme cases by " Stonehenge," 

 who at the same time points out its dangerous nature as a powerful poison, 

 a caution I wish to enforce by repetition : 



Hellebore Wash. — Take powdered white hellebore, Soz., water 3 quarts, 

 boil gently till the whole is reduced to 2 quarts, and then add 1 drachm 

 of corrosive sublimate. 



This wash should be well brushed into the skin with a paint brush, 

 and no more should be used than will suffice to touch over the diseased 

 parts. 



Iodide of sulphur is also used with good results — it is applied either 

 in solution or in the form of ointment ; the latter, which should always 

 be made fresh as wanted, is as follows : 



Iodide of Sulphur Ointment. — Iodide of sulphur, reduced to a fine powder, 

 two parts ; spermaceti ointment, fourteen parts ; thoroughly mixed. 



The following liniment for mange and wash for mange, are taken from 

 May hew' s work, " The Illustrated Horse Doctor : " 



Liniment for Mange. — Animal glycerine, eight parts ; creosote, one part; 

 oil of turpentine, two parts ; oil of juniper, one part ; mix all together, 

 shake well, and use. 



Wash for Mange. — Corrosive sublimate, ldr. ; spirits of win?, loz. ; 

 tobacco, loz. ; boiling water, lqt. ; to make, dissolve the corrosive sub- 

 limate in the spirits of wine ; soak the tobacco in the boilirig water ; when 

 cold mix the two solutions." 



Mayhew points out the danger of the above wash, and says he cannot 

 sincerely recommend it. It is very poisonous. 



To conclude, the following is a pretty fair sample of the heterogeneous, 

 disgusting, and dangerous messes resorted to by ignorant country farmers 

 and others, and held in great reverence as a profound mystery. It is 

 needless to say that the ill effects too often following the use of such 

 absurd and dangerous nostrums is rarely attributed to thern, and should 

 a professional man be called in and he declare the horse poisoned by 

 unskilful treatment, his opinion would probably, by people stupid enough 

 to trust the well being of their horses to those more ignorant than 

 themselves, be put down to personal spite or professional pique. Oint- 



