184 SCABIiATISTA. 



Arsenicum is an exoellent remedy to have recourse to for 

 the disease during its convalescent stage. Administer it in 

 2-drachm doses night and morning. Use it of the 2nd dilution. 



Ammonia Citrate of Iron is another remedy to use during 

 the convalescent stages. Give it in 2-drachm doses night and 

 morning. Each dose should be mixed with five or sis ounces of 

 cold water. Ammonia Citrate of Iron is a remedy to improve 

 the quality of the blood. 



Chlorate of Potass. — A valuable remedy to administer when 

 the sores are large, the discharge excessive, and the animal 

 greatly debilitated. It wiU. also prove valuable if administered 

 during the convalescent stage. Give it in 2-drachm doses 

 night and morning, in 6 or 8 ounces of water, for several days 

 in succession. 



Sulphur. — This is a remedy of great value to administer 

 when recovery has fairly set in. Give it of the 1st trituration 

 in 2-drachm doses, mixed with a little flour, and wiped upon the 

 tongue, as directed at page 146. Eepeat it night and morning 

 for two or three days in succession. 



Nitric and Muriatic Acids are valuable to administer at 

 almost any stage of the disease. I generally, however, give 

 one or the other of these acids in the patient's drink. Two or 

 three drachms of the strong acid are mixed with about two 

 gallons of cold spring water, a part of which may be given to 

 the patient at any time. Either of the acids may be chosen, 

 as their effects upon the system, if in health, are very similar. 



Suta Crraveolens may be used as a wash to the sores upon 

 the Umbs and within the nostrils. Use it in the proportion of 

 6 drachms of the tincture to 16 ounces of water. Apply it 

 several times a day. 



Fumigation of Stable. — The stable may be fumigated occa- 

 sionally, as the practice will tend to maintain its purity. The 



