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1 part of either of these substances with 10 parts by 

 weight of lard or vaseline. Avery large surface of 

 the body should not be covered with strong carbolic 

 acid preparations on account of the danger of absorp- 

 tion and poisoning. 



Convenient liquid preparations fot the treatment of 

 scabies are made by mixing Peruvian balsam 1 ounce, 

 alcohol 3 ounces; or, 

 glycerine 3 ounces, water 

 1 ounce, carbolic acid 1 

 dram; or, glycerine 2 

 ounces, alcohol /^ ounce, 

 water Y^ ounce, creolin 

 1 dram. The affected 

 parts of the body may be 

 rubbed with either one of 

 these preparations every 

 four or five days until a 

 cure is effected. 



It is well to finish the 

 treatfnent by dipping the 



KirdQ in a twrn-npr-rpnt Fie. SI.— Sarcopies Icevis, var. gal- 

 DiraS m a two per cent ;,„<t; ovigerous female, seen on the 

 creolin bath (2 % ounces do^sal sunace; magnified 100 diam- 

 eters. 



creolin to 1 gallon of 



water) and to whitewash the houses with carbolated 

 whitewash. This will kill any mites which may be 

 left in the feathers or about the roosts. 



FAVUS. 



This disease is popularly known as "baldness " or 

 "white comb." It is caused by a fungus named the 

 Achorion Schonleinii, which also attacks mankind, 

 dogs, cats, rabbits and mice. When it affects people 

 the disease is known as tinea favosa and favus, the 

 tendency being to accept the latter name. The para- 



