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the animal is undergoing anointment. When the horse has 
been thoroughly rubbed with the above, there is no danger 
to be apprehended of his affecting other horses in the same 
stable or field. 
While the animal is subjected to this treatment, his food 
should be plentiful and nourishing, but not of stimulating 
quality. If during warm summer weather, he should be 
turned out to graze ; but if the weather is cold, he should 
be plentifully supplied with green food. 
Sometimes this complaint is deceptive in its appearance, 
and seems better than it really is after the above treatment. 
Therefore, to guard against a return of it, the rubbing 
should be continued for three or four days after it is appa¬ 
rently well. The alterative medicine should also be con¬ 
tinued for ten or twelve days after a cure has been effected. 
It is hardly necessary to say that the clothing which the 
animal wore during the use of those remedial means must 
be thoroughly cleansed. To render infection impossible, 
they should be first soaked in water, with the addition of a 
thirty-fifth or fortieth part of the saturated solution of 
chloride of lime, and afterwards well washed with soap and 
water. In short, every part of the harness, rack, manger, 
and partitions should be completely scrubbed with a strong 
solution of soda and water ; and when dry, with a solution 
of chloride of lime, in the proportion of a pint to three 
gallons of water. The currycomb should also be well 
cleaned, and the brush thrown away. 
We would particularly caution all persons possessing 
horses to be watchful of this disease ; and whenever they 
observe indications of itching in the head or neck of the 
animal to examine carefully if any symptoms of this dis¬ 
agreeable disease exist, and to attack it instantly. What 
we have already mentioned, namely, that in mange the 
