Sarcoptic Acariasis in Solipeds. 



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of dressings. This must be done outside the stable on a calm 

 day and all the hair must be carefully gathered and burned. The 

 skin is then thoroughly lathered with soft soap and left for au 

 hour or more to soften the scabs. Then it is thoroughly scrubbed 

 with a brush and warm water, scraped and rubbed dry with straw 

 wisps. These should be burned or saturated with a solution of 

 mercuric chloride (1:500) or chloride of lime (4:100). If spec- 

 ially hard obstinate crusts remain, repeat, or smear with sweet 

 oil and potassium carbonate (100:2). 



The skin is now ready for the application of the acaricides, and 

 this seems a convenient place to introduce a table of those more 



TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE ACTIVITY OF ACARICIBES. 



