Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . (7)recommended on page 140 for mange, once or twice a day asthe case may demand. I have used 1 part of salicylic acid mixedwith 6 parts of lard with invariable success, and without irritatingthe skin. I have had cases of ringworm which got well merely bygood grooming. In South Africa, biniodide of mercury ointment(1 drachm to 4 oz. of vaseline or prepared lard) has always givengood results. In human practice, 1 part of thymol to 18 partsof paraffin oil is an excellent application. A saturated solutionof common salt is
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . (7)recommended on page 140 for mange, once or twice a day asthe case may demand. I have used 1 part of salicylic acid mixedwith 6 parts of lard with invariable success, and without irritatingthe skin. I have had cases of ringworm which got well merely bygood grooming. In South Africa, biniodide of mercury ointment(1 drachm to 4 oz. of vaseline or prepared lard) has always givengood results. In human practice, 1 part of thymol to 18 partsof paraffin oil is an excellent application. A saturated solutionof common salt is generally efficacious. The destruction of theparasite will be shown by the hair growing on the previously de-nuded spots. Constitutional treatment, by tonics and specialarticles of food, appears to have no influence on the removal of theparasite, which is the only treatment required. DISINFBCriON (p. 141) should be applied to the groomingutensils, saddlery and harness, the lining of which, in such instancesof infection, will generally harbour the parasite. RINGWORM. 143. oc BURSATEE. 145 Bursatee appears in the form of unhealthy sores which break out on thesurface of various parts of the body. It is, as far as I know, peculiarto India, although somewhat similar sores are found in horses ofother countries. Its name (bursat signifies rain in Persia) impliesthat it has a connection with the rainy season. REASONS FOR CLASSING BURSATEE AS A PARASITICDISEASE.— no specific disease germ has up to the presentbeen found in bursatee sores; I have classed it as a parasiticdisease for the following reasons: — 1. Influence of altitude on its occurrence. It is practically re-stricted to the plains in India. Although it may be found in afew rare instances at hill stations; such cases are simply exceptionsto the general rule that it does not originate, nor does it continueits course in horses which are kept at elevations of about 5,000feet or upwards above the level of the sea. I
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