This is seldom, if ever, a primary disease. The known sympathy existing
between the digestive organs and the skin enables us to trace the malady
to acute or chronic indigestion.
_Treatment._--The indications to be fulfilled are, to invite action to
the surface by the aid of warmth, moisture, friction, and stimulants, to
tone up the digestive organs, and relax the whole animal. The latter
indications are fulfilled by the use of the following:--
Powdered balmony, (snakehead,) 2 ounces.
" sassafras, 1 ounce.
Linseed, 2 pounds.
Sulphur, 1 ounce.
Mix together, and divide the mass into eight equal parts, and give one
night and morning, in scalded shorts or meal; the better way, however,
is, to turn it down the throat.
A few boiled carrots should be allowed, especially in the winter season,
for they possess peculiar remedial properties, which are generally
favorable to the cure.