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Levigated antimony > 2| drachms, 
Purified nitre . 3 drachms, 
Sulphur . .4 drachms; 
given at night, either in a mash, or formed into a ball with 
the ordinary substances; to be repeated for several nights 
in succession, with the use of warm clothing, which, together 
with heat of the stable, will cause the sulphur and anti¬ 
mony to act with more effect upon the skin. His drink 
should be slightly heated, and a moderate quantity of green 
meat should be given him, if it can be procured at the time. 
In the mornings he should be walked out for half-an-hour, 
but his clothing must be warmer than usual. His food 
must consist of mashes. 
It sometimes happens that the eruption will disappear 
immediately after bleeding; but great care must be taken, 
in this case, to prevent exposure of the animal to cold, as 
without that precaution a fresh eruption is most likely to 
follow. If, however, an alternation of the pimples and 
lumps does take place, and the epidermis and hair begin to 
fall off in larger patches, then there is reason to apprehend 
that the disorder will terminate in mange, a complaint of a 
more serious character than that of which we are now 
treating. Bleeding has seldom to be twice resorted to in 
surfeit. 
Physic must not be given in cases of surfeit, as it has 
been found to aggravate rather than alleviate the com¬ 
plaint ; because if connected with an unhealthy or irritated 
condition of the stomach and bowels, a purgative is certain 
to increase it. 
MANGE. 
Symptoms.— This complaint is nearly allied to surfeit, 
and may be mistaken for it. It consists of a pimpled lumpy 
