198 MOULTING. 



be dressed with the ointment, or got rid of, before 

 the disease is confirmed. 



The practitioner needs not to be told how necessary 

 it is that every thing about the horse, or with which 

 he could by possibility have come in contact, should 

 be thoroughly cleansed after the disease has subsided. 

 Infection lurks in every thing about the animal ; in- 

 fection of which the horse may again become the 

 victim ; and from which other horses will not escape. 

 Every article that is capable of being washed should 

 be thoroughly scrubbed, first with soap and warm 

 water. The manger, the racks, the partitions, 

 should also undergo an ablution with soap and warm 

 water, which last should be employed as hot as pos- 

 sible. 



There is however one thing absolutely imperative 

 towards the cure of mange. The majority of pro- 

 prietors are top apt to imagine a local disease requires 

 only local remedies ; but let them inquire a little 

 deeper. What gave rise to the disease ? Enfeebled 

 digestion always engenders it, when it is bred by the 

 system. Therefore, the best of all alteratives, — 

 good, nutritious, and carefully prepared food, with 

 wholesome lodging, — is quite as needful as drugs, 

 when the eradication of mange is desired. 



MOULTING. 



This cannot be considered as a disease. The chang- 

 ing of the coat is a natural process, which takes place 

 every spring and autumn. It is, however, a critical 

 time with the horse ; and he frequently shows indis- 



