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and only gives it gentle Help when rightly ufed, as it cools 

 and refiefhes a plethorick and full-bodied Horfe. 



After thefe things, Recourfe mult be had to outward Ap- 

 plications, ior it is thefe alone that muH give the finilhing 

 Stroke to it, as the Diitemper is feated outwardly, and not 

 deep rooted ; and for that Purpole Nothing has ever been 

 found more efFeftual than Sulphur, for which it bears ihe 

 Teft of all Ages ; and if it fometimes proves otherwife, it is 

 altogether owing to the ill Management of it, or the otiier 

 prepolterous Methods that are made ufe of along with it. 



'Fhe following will kill any Itch in the Beginning. 



** Take common Sulphur and frefh Butter, of each half 

 *' a Pound, Turpentine two Ounces. Mix them together, 

 ." and anoint all the Parts w^ith it once a Day". Or this : 



" Take the Roots of fliarp-pointed Dock, half a Pound, 

 *' boil them in a Pint of Vinegar till they be foft, then pulp 

 .*.' them thro' a Hair Sieve, after which take of Bees- wax 

 *' two Ounces, Hogs-lard four Ounces ; melt them over a 

 *' gentle Heat, and mix them with the Pulp, then add halt 

 " a Pound of Flour of Brimftone." Or the following : 



.*' Take Elecampane-roots in fine Powder, two Ounces, 

 ** the Roots of white Hellebore an Ounce, Flour of Brim- 

 *' (lone four Ounce?. Mix them in a fufficient Quantity of 

 ** Ointment of Tobacco, to make a ftiff Ointment. 



Either of thefe being rubb'd upon the Parts, with the Af- 

 fiftance of a hot Bar of Iron, once in twenty four Hours, 

 will kill the Mange in a few Days ; neither will it be ne- 

 ceflary to fret the Skin to a Rawnefs, for, inftead of doing 

 good, that Method proves more frequently prejudicial, as 

 it excites too great Pain, whereby a too great Derivation 

 of the Humours is caufed towards the infe6led Parts ; which 

 is the Reafon why even the bell: Farriers are obliged to 

 have Recourfe to cauftick Medicines, the Difeafe being 

 grown too powerful to be deftroy'd by thofe of a milder 

 Operation. The Ufe of Copperas Water and Allum Wa- 

 ter is Iikewife prejudicial in mott Cales, as I have often 

 obferved ; for all that thefe can contribute towards the 

 Cure of the Mange, is only by allaying the Heat and Itch- 

 ing, in which albeit they may fometimes fucceed, yet as 

 they obftrudf the Pores very much, by hardening the Skin, 

 they make it liable to crack, often rendring thofe Parts 

 fubjeft to Ireih Heat and Inflammation, by which it de- 

 generates to Ulcers and Boils. The beft Way therefore is 

 Gnly to rub the mangy Places gently with a wollen Cloth, 

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