40,2 CURE FOR MANGE. [BOOK II. 



our moderns : and there is not such a variety of 

 opinions and prescriptions at this moment in prac- 

 tice for the most momentous diseases, as for this 

 loathsome malady of the poor man's shed : neglect 

 and ignorance having brought on the evil, igno- 

 rance and stupidity prescribe the cure. We sub- 

 join a few forms of those which are in most repute, 

 and have been found effectual : even alteration in 

 the employment . of the following remedies is fre- 

 quently found beneficial, though it may not at first 

 seem to have been for the best. 



Mange Ointment, 



Prepared hog's lard, 2 pounds, 



Sulphur vivum, 1 pound, 



White hellebore, in powder, 6 ounces. 

 Mix with oil of turpentine sufficient to make a soft 

 ointment; rub the animal wherever the eruption 

 and scurf appear, with hair cloths, or a new besom, 

 so as to get rid of the loose filth before applying 

 the ointment. Rub it in well every other day, and 

 give the following 



Alterative for the Mange. — No. 1. 



Tartarised antimony, 1 ounce, 



Muriate of quicksilver, 2 drachms, 



Ginger and ) i j r i 6 



• ? powdered, ot each o ounces. 



Anise seeds, 3 



Mix, with mucilage sufficient to form the mass ; 



divide it into six balls, and give one every morning 



until the eruptions disappear. 



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