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tended with an itching, causing the horse to rub 

 against every thing he comes nigh. 



With due attention to cleanlinefs, the follow- 

 ing medicines will very soon remove this disease : 



Take prepared hog's lard, one pound; sulphur 

 yivum, half a pound ; line powder of white 

 hellebore, three ounces ; mix and add olive 

 oil sufficient to make a soft ointment. 



A necessary portion of this ointment should 

 be rubbed well with the hand all over the affected 

 parts, or where there is the least appearance of any 

 eruption, and repeated after an interval of three 

 days. Two or three applications of this ointment 

 are, in general, sufficient to complete the cure. 



The following medicine may be given with adr 

 vantage in this disease; it will be found excellent 

 for removing cutaneous obstructions, improving 

 £he appetite, and promoting condition. 



Take antimony in fine powder, eight ounces ; 

 grains of paradise in fine powder, three 

 ounces; mix and add Venice turpentine 

 sufficient to form the mafs of a proper con- 

 sistency, and divide into twelve balls: one 

 of which may be given every other day. 



