CHAP. III.] CURE FOR SURFEIT. 401 



Camphor, half an ounce, 



Spirits of wine, 2 ounces. 

 Mix in a quart bottle, and fill it with water. Wash 

 previously with soapy water warm, rub dry, and 

 apply the wash once a day, and at the same time 

 give one of the diaphoretic balls. Let the diet be 

 cool and opening, as scalded bran, sodden barley 

 or oats. 



THE MANGE 



Sometimes succeeds an ill-cured surfeit; and is 

 moreover an original disease, arising from beast- 

 liness, hard living, ill-usage, and the consequent 

 depravation of the humours. It partakes of the 

 nature of itch in man, is communicable by means 

 of the touch, by using the same harness, clothing, 

 &c. and probably by standing in the same stall as a 

 diseased horse may have left. 



The symptoms are stated in the preceding pages, 

 and from its cause we may rest assured never at- 

 tacks horses in condition. As in surfeit, the horse 

 is constantly rubbing and biting himself; great 

 patches of the coat are thus rubbed away, and ul- 

 ceration frequently supplies the place. Scabs ap- 

 pear at the roots of the hair of mane and tail, large 

 portions whereof fall away. When eruptions ap- 

 pear, they form a scurf, which peels off, and it is 

 succeeded by fresh eruptions. 



The cure is to be effected by topical applications 

 of sulphur, and giving the same internally, as an 

 alterative ; but mercurials are mostly preferred by 



