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tion. — Should, however, a slight coa^'i atfeft t'lese quadrupeds, af- ter h- cure is performed, it will be U'^ce.-.sHry to give each, accord- ing: to us size, from half an ounce, to ';n ounce and a half, or even tv.o ouuces of crude antimonv, pr,-.,erlv levigated and mixed with 6' "Kr of his daily food, for the s .e of ten days or a fortnight j b w ich simple remedy, Ve hogs V". i,be edeMually restored. When these animals have been loiH; n^'gleited, their necks, and variou-j other parts of the body be- come atfei'^ed with loathsome chaps or cracks. In this case, the best remedyjs, to anoint the ulcerated parts evtry three or four days, till they are healed, v.-ilh a little tar- ointment, prepared by dissolving equal parts of tar and mutton suet over a gentle fire, and straining the mixture, while hot. But the most certain preventive of the mange, and its subsequent disa- greeable effesSts, is the stri£test at- tention to the health and cleanli- ness of the animals. For this pur- pose, every part both of the ken- nel and of the stj'e ought to be thoroughly swept, before they are littered with fresh straw ; nor Ghould a clean bed be spread over a foul or dirty one, as is too fre- quently the case with careless or negjigerit servants ; who, regard- Jess of their master's interest, tims eventually cause the destruivtion of many valuable dogs and swine. Mange, iv farriery , a cutane- ous disease, to which horses are occasionally subje>ft : it arises from poor feeding, and is therefore chief- ly found in such cattle as are kept by the lower classes of people. This disorder is easily known by jtlifiiawny nppearauce of the skin^ MAN [153 which is thick, and full of wrinkles, particularly on the mane, Icins, and tail: the ear^ and eye-brows, as well as the diseased limbs, are totally divested of hair ; while the little, still remaining on those parts, is very stiff and bristly, If the mange be contracted by infediou, it may be easily removed by anointing the horse daily with 2 saive prepared of sulphur and hog's* lard ; at the same time giving him sulphur and antimony for some weeks, after the eruption has disap-^ peared. But, if the disorder ori- ginate from low feeding, and thin, impoverished blood, the diet must be changed, and the horse allowed a proper qtiantity of sweet hay and corn. Hence the animal's food should consist of warm mashes composed of equal parts of malt, or oats, and of bran, to each of which ought to be added four ounces of honey, and one ounce of sulphur. These are to bs given every night and morning, for the space of a week or ten days, during which the horse should receive a measure of dry corn at noon : an ounce of nitre is hkcwise to be dis- solved in water, and given eveiy night and morning, during the taking of the mashes. At the ex- piration of that period, his diet sliould be changed to good oats and sweet hay ; the corn be moistened v'ith water, and a dcxse of the fol- lowing mixture incorporated with it, every night and morning : Take a pound of sulphur, and an.equal portion of prepared antimony j let them be well mixed in a mortar, and divided intotv.'enty-fourdoses. With respc6t to the external treatment,every infected part ought, previously to the comi]iencementof the masjiesj to be carefully washed with