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to thirty-two of water, is highly recommended; one dressing may be suffi- 
cient, and may be washed off in two days. Should these applications fail 
to destroy the parasites, saturate the parts daily with a lotion of two ounces. 
of liquor arsenicalis and one pint of water. A very desirable remedy is 
made of one ounce of pure carbolic acid and one pint of glycerine, a little 
.. being daily rubbed upon the bare patches, or lightly put on the sores. In 
extreme cases, the following lotion may be applied, zot less than a week 
apart; One half-drachm of corrosive sublimate mixed with two ounces of 
spirits of wine, then adding one pint of glycerine. Because of its cheap- 
ness and efficacy, the tar-liniment first named should be tried before other 
remeclies, unless it be the diluted carbolic acid. Give soft, nutritious food, 
including green diet. 
Use one of these applications in cleansing all harness, brushes and 
combs used about the horse, as well as all posts, trees, boards or other 
objects against which the animal has been rubbing, both in the stable and 
out of doors; boil, for a long time, all blankets that have been used. 
LICE. 
Lice may be found on horses, especially those of long, shaggy coats 
and lean condition. They may come from dirt, old straw, fowls roosting 
about the stall, and other sources, or from contact with another horse. 
Symptoms.—The horse bites his quarters and sides, rubs against any 
object in reach, tearing the skin in patches; lice on the bare patches are seen. 
TREATMENT.—Boil one ounce of tobacco in a pint and a half of water 
down to a pint, strain, add forty grains of white arsenic, and then boil a 
little again. Wash the parts with the preparation. Another excellent 
expedient is to rub into the roots of the hair powdered white precipitate, 
removing it the third day by good brushing, axd keeping the horse dry 
while this is on him. Keep the stable thoroughly clean; burn all infected 
litter and clothing; wash the harness with hot water. 
ITCHING OF THE MANE AND TAIL. 
This is usually caused by neglecting to keep the roots of these parts 
clean. It is in many cases cured by washing with strong salt-water. 
Another method is to wash the parts with soap and water and apply lard 
and blue ointment in equal parts, meanwhile keeping the horse dry. 
Though such itching often points to mange or lice, it does not always do 
so. Its chief injury is in a disfigurement of the mane and tail from the 
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