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RECIPE (No. 50). 



Mercurial Soap for Mange. 



Take — Soft soap, eight ounces ; 



Mercurial ointment (strong), four ounces ; 

 Carbonate of potash, two ounces : 

 Smear this mixture well over the horse. After two days take a 

 soft scrubbing-brush, and the same quantity of glycerine as of warm 

 water, and then scrub the hide till it is white with lather. Upon 

 the fifth day re-apply the ointment. This dressing with another 

 scrubbing will in the generality of cases be sufficient. 



The application may appear to give the horse con- 

 siderable pain. It is likewise possible that some 

 thickening of the skin may be produced, but this will 

 shortly pass away ; and when all subsides the mange 

 will mostly have disappeared. However, as mercurial 

 soap is by no means a very safe application, the horse 

 subjected to it should be carefully clothed ; and there 

 should be absolute necessity, before so dangerous a 

 cure is resorted to. 



The practitioner, who has once been plagued with 

 mange, will be to blame if he suffers any considerable 

 itchiness to continue without endeavouring to subdue 

 it. If it continues obstinate, he will endeavour to 

 persuade the owner of the horse to throw up the 

 animal for a few days ; during which he will apply 

 the mange ointment (Recipe No. 48, p. 195). 

 Many a troublesome attack of mange will thus be 

 prevented; and no harm can possibly be done by the 

 dressing beyond the temporary loss attendant upon 

 the necessary sacrifice of the horse's labour. 



Little spots of mange often appear about the tail or 

 mane; and sometimes under the collar; which should 

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