178 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 
ports of the body, when glanders will begin to manifest 
itself. 
Treatment.—Give one ounce of the sulphate of soda 
three times a day; or corrosive sublimate, in ten-grain 
doses, twice a day; or nux vomica, in } dr. doses, twice 
aday. Sulphate of copper, in 2 dr. doses, has been used 
with decided advantage. The tumors should be opened, 
and caustic silver or red-hot iron applied to each. 
MANGE. 
This is a disease of the skin identical with itch in the 
human family. The hair comes off in spots which grad- 
ually blend together, causing scabby patches; the skin 
thickens and puckers along the neck. 
Treatment.—Take the horse in the sun and scrub him 
thoroughly all over with castile soap and water, then 
wash him well from head to tail with gas-water, in 
which put 2 drs. white hellebore to the gallon. He must 
now be put in another stall distant from. the one in 
which he has been standing; thus treated, it rarely re-. 
quires more than one washing to effect. a permanent 
cure. The harness should be thoroughly scrubbed and 
put away for six or eight weeks. These precautions 
are necessary to success in this otherwise troublesome 
disease. 
SURFEIT. 
This is a scurfy eruption all over the body, arising 
from an impure condition of the blood, causing plethora 
in one animal, and general debility, etc., in another. 
The legs swell, the hair is rough and staring, the mem- 
brane lining in the nose presents a bluish cast. 
Give the following: Barbadoes aloes 1 oz., nitrate of 
potassa 2 drs., gentian 1 dr.; make into a ball with 
water; follow this with the following powder: Nitrate. 
