300 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
much so that even the observant may mistake the one for the 
other. Jenner’s theory, in introducing vaccination, was that 
this is a much milder form of the pox than the small or human 
kind. Sohe argued if the cow-pox was induced by vaccination, 
persons so affected would either escape or have small-pox, in 
a mild form. Like all human theories this has been proved 
erroneous numberless times; not only so, but the artificially- 
given complaint has ruined many constitutions, not so much 
from the animal as from the human lymph. Treatment same 
as small-pox, modified according to the symptoms of the case. 
RINGWORM 
Is an eruption of the skin, generally appearing in circular 
patches about the head, neck, face, and shoulders: of a 
reddish colour, studded with minute pimples, which break and 
renew themselves continually. The disease requires care and 
attention ; for if neglected, it will most likely spread until all 
the upper part of the body becomes affected. To cure it is an 
easy matter. Wash the head with carbolic soap, dry, and rub 
in an ointment of blood-root; or paint with iodine tincture, or 
carbolic acid and glycerine, equal parts. Any poison ofa kind 
that will not injure the parts will destroy this form of 
disease; still itis not safe to use them when the above will 
cure with a few applications. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES. 
This complaint is a serious disease, and generally results 
from the want of knowledge in the treatment of several 
maladies to which children are liable. Cases of this kind are 
often met with after small-pox, measles, chicken-pox, 
scarlatina, &c. Some residue of the virus or poison is Jeft in 
the body, which settles in the eyes, in consequence of which 
theparts become congested. Congestion produces suppuration, 
and the vessels thus surcharged break into one another, 
producing the unsightly appearance and painful discharge, 
often destroying the whole of the eyelids, and sometimes the 
sight altogether. There is another form of this, called in text- 
