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this complaint, and it is nearly allied to itch in the human 
being ; and no doubt, like that complaint, is produced by 
minute animalcule. 
Remedies. —The best specific is mercury ; but the animal 
is so apt to lick its skin, that it is a dangerous remedy. 
The following ointment has been found effectual in removing 
the complaint :— 
Sulphur vivum, powdered 4 ounces, 
Elecampane-root, powdered 4 ounces, 
To be mixed with hogs' lard 6 ounces. 
Let the whole parts affected be rubbed with this ointment, 
and repeated in the course of three or four days, if the 
itching does not abate. Some think that the following 
lotion is as certain as the above :— 
Corrossive sublimate, finely 
powdered . . \ ounce, 
Muriatic acid . . 1 ounce, 
River, or rain-water . 1 quart; 
to be applied with a sponge, daily, to the parts affected. 
COW-POX. 
The following is the description of this disease, as commu¬ 
nicated by Dr. Jenner, the discoverer of it, and who first 
applied it to the human being, and which has proved an 
inestimable blessing to mankind.. Dr. Jenner was a medi¬ 
cal practitioner at Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, and often saw 
the complaint in various dairies in that neighbourhood. He 
says, In this dairy country a great number of cows are 
kept, and the office of milking is performed indiscrimi¬ 
nately by men and maid-servants. One of the former 
having been appointed to apply dressings to the heels of a 
horse affected with the grease, and, not paying due atten¬ 
tion to cleanliness, incautiously bears his part in milking 
