190 MANGE. 



in combination, with Mercurial Ointment, Lard, and Olive Oil, 

 as an application for outward use. 



R Sulphur 1ft 



Mercurial Ointment 8 oz. 



Hog's Lard l^Ib. 



Olive Oil Half a pint. 



The above ingredients should be thoroughly combined, and a 

 portion should be liberally applied to every part of the skin 

 where the Acari are likely to lodge. 



Should the malady occur during the summer season, expose 

 the patient, after being dressed with the ointment, to the free 

 action of the sun, the heat of which will increase the action of 

 the application considerably. It is seldom that over three or 

 four dressings are required to effect a radical cure. 



Great precaution should be taken to apply the ointment to 

 every part of the skin affected ; otherwise the Acari will again 

 spread, and speedily become as virulent as before. 



It is a good practice to wash the patient in the course of 

 thirty or forty hoars after each application of the ointment. 

 Wash with warm water and soft soap ; and when the skin and 

 hair are thoroughly dry, paint the body over with Olive Oil. 

 This will check the exhalent action of the dermal structures, 

 and prevent the patient from taking cold. 



Creosote. — Sometimes the above compound fails to produce 

 that immediate effect whjch is desirable, in which case recourse 

 may be had to a mixture of Creasote and Olive Oil combined 

 in the following proportions : — 



Creasote ... 2 ounces. 



Olive Oil ... 3 pints. 



