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The author, however, has always employed the first preparation, which, 
in his hand, has never occasioned disappointment. It has, however, 
always been aided by the following drink, administered every night. 
No medicine could possibly act better than those here proposed; they 
seem to go directly to the skin; but as the state of the integument may 
be accepted as evidence with regard to the condition of the entire body, 
a most powerful alterative may not, in this instance, be out of place. 
Drink for Ring-worm. 
Liquor arsenicalis . . . . . . . . One ounce. 
Tincture of the muriate of iron . . . . One ounce and a half. 
Water... : . . One quart. 
Mix, and give every night half a pint for a dose. 
This drink must be continued till every vestige of the disease has 
disappeared. However, it frequently happens that, after the central 
bare spot has been cured, ulceration remains about the circumference. 
Treat this with either of the following lotions :— 
Permanganate of potash . .. .. . . . Halfan ounce. 
Wailer a oa: a ee ie Se ees a Whreeounces: 
Mix, and smear gently over the part six times daily. Or— 
Chloride of zine . . . . . . . . . . « Twoscruples. 
Watein 4 fc 4 Si an ed ee coe Se Oh pint 
Mis. 
The ulcers should be punctually moistened with the last preparation 
at the periods already stated, and the horse should be thrown up during 
the treatment. The food should be of the best, and a month ought to 
be allowed for the cure. 
SURFEIT. 
Old practitioners generally entertain very false opinions concerning 
the importance of surfeit; they being inclined to employ more stringent 
measures for its eradication than the real nature of the disease demands. 
The affection is rather annoying than dangerous; it makes its appear- 
ance suddenly, and seldom involves the entire body. It is a sudden rash 
or a quantity of heat spots bursting out upon the skin; the spots are 
round, blunt, and slightly elevated; they resemble the blotches which, 
during hot weather, often appear upon the human countenance, only the 
horse’s integument being so much more active than the skin of man, the 
outward affection in the animal may be regarded as proportionably the 
more severe. Frequently, during the eruption, the pulse is tranquil, the 
spirit aud appetite being good; when such is the case, the lumps mostly 
disappear in a few hours. Still the food should be looked to; about 
eight pounds of hay should be abstracted and two bundles of cut grass 
