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milk and water from an infant's bottle, before the 

 mother is permitted to approach her family, she will 

 generally do very well. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



There is scarcely a dealer, a keeper, or a whipper-in, 

 who has not some infallible specific for the mange, 

 and one or two applications are to perform a complete 

 cure. The Editor knows nothing: of those wonderful 

 compositions; and if he did, he should be afraid to 

 employ them, because medicines sold by the ignorant 

 are seldom safe, being generally composed of articles 

 of the " kill or cure " description. 



Itching, although it may exist to a considerable 

 degree, and even with some redness of the skin, will 

 occasionally yield to medicine, accompanied with a 

 little strictly proportioned food. 



If, however, a week should pass, and the itchiness 

 and redness continue, the following ointment must be 

 immediately applied. 



RECIPE (No. 18). 

 Ointment for Mange. 



Take — Compound turpentine ointment, two parts ; 



Sublimed sulphur, one part ; 



Oil of aniseed, a sufficiency : 

 Mix. 



The hair must be carefully parted, and some of the 

 ointment gently but well rubbed into the skin. This 

 should be continued daily for a week. At the ex- 



