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MANUAL OP MODERN FARRIERY. 
they are attacked by this complaint, and supplied with dry 
litter, and the same applications given as in catarrh. The 
following may also be administered with advantage in 
addition to the other medicines, and should be given every 
twenty-four hours, until the symptoms have left :— 
Saltpetre, powdered . 1 ounce, 
Febrifuge antimonial powder 6 drachms. 
Camphor, powdered . ^ drachm, 
Prepared kali . . 2 drachms, 
Willow-bark powder . 1 ounce. 
To be given in a quart of thick oatmeal gruel. 
CHAPTER V. 
DISEASES, ETC., OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF CATTLE. 
SCURF, SCAB, OR MANGE. 
Symptoms.— This is a disease of the skin, and is manifested 
by its stiffness, and sticking fast to every part of the body, 
as if it were too small for the carcass, and first becomes 
visible about the head and jaws, the skin exhibiting a pale, 
dry, scurfy appearance, and then extends down the should¬ 
ers and back. The animal rubs itself violently against 
every object which it comes near; and unless remedies 
are applied, it will tear its skin, and cause bleeding, and 
thereby produce scabs, which retard the efficacy of the 
ointment, and allow the disorder to become more deeply 
rooted. 
Causes. —Poverty of the blood is an immediate cause oi 
