The following are some of the numerous remedies employed for this disease:—
1. Quicksilver, 1 lb.; Venice turpentine, 1⁄2 lb.; rub them together until the globules are no longer visible; then add 1⁄2 pint of oil of turpentine, and 4 lbs. of lard. The mode of applying this ointment is as follows:—Begin at the head of the sheep, and proceeding from between the ears along the back to the end of the tail, divide the wool in a furrow till the skin can be touched; and let a finger, slightly dipped in the ointment, be drawn along the bottom of the furrow. From this furrow similar ones must be drawn along the shoulders and thighs to the legs, as far as the wool extends. And if much infected, 2 or more should also be drawn along each side, parallel with that on the back, and one down each side before the hind and fore legs. It kills the sheep-fag, and probably the tick and other vermin. It should not be used in very cold or wet weather. (Sir Joseph Banks.)
2. Tar oils. Tobacco juice. Stavesacre. (Finlay Dun.)
3. Strong mercurial ointment, 1 part; lard, 5 parts; mix. (Youatt.)
4. Quicksilver, 1 lb.; Venice turpentine, 1⁄2 lb.; spirit of turpentine, 2 oz., lard, 41⁄2 lb.; to be made and used as No. 1. In summer 1 lb. of resin may be substituted for alike quantity of lard. (Clater.)
5. Strong mercurial ointment, 1 lb.; lard,
4 lbs.; oil of turpentine, 8 oz.; sulphur, 12 oz.—White.
6. Mild. Flowers of sulphur, 1 lb.; Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; rancid lard, 2 lbs.; strong mercurial ointment, 4 oz.; mix well.—Clater.
7. Lard or other fat, with an equal quantity of oil of turpentine.—Daubenton.
8. Without mercury. Lard, 1 lb.; oil of turpentine, 4 oz.; flowers of sulphur, 6 oz.—White.