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articles commonly used for this purpose are Tar and Chloride 

 of Lime. A very excellent preparation for this purpose can be 

 made of the following ingredients, but in using it the animal 

 must be previously removed from the stable or the box for at 

 least two or three hours :— 



R Black Oxide of Manganese, ... ^ ounce. 



Common Salt ... 1 ounce. 



Sulphuric Acid (by weight) ... 1^ ounce. 



Place the whole together in a large-mouthed bottle, (a common 

 harness blacking bottle will do), close the apartment, and leave 

 it alone for two or three hours. 



MANGE. 



Mange is very similar in its general characters to Itch in 

 the human being. It is far less common than formerly. Greater 

 attention to the cleanliness both of the animal and to stables in 

 general have almost, and, I think, ultimately wiU, totally banish 

 Mange from our list of diseases. 



Mange is a very highly contagious affection ; the reason of 

 this wUl be fuUy evident to the reader when he understands 

 the cause of the disease. It spreads with an amazing rapidity 

 when commimicated from one horse to another; but, on the 

 contrary, when it arises in what may be denominated a spon- 

 taneous manner, its progress is generally slow, but nevertheless 

 well marked. 



Symptoms. — Mange is a malady which, if once fairly esta- 

 blished, is easily recognised by any one conversant with its 

 peculiarities ; but during the early stages of its existence its^ 

 true character may possibly be overlooked by a careless observer, 

 from its close resemblance to Prurigo and other diseases of the 

 dermal structures. 



