CHAP. 75.—REMEDIES FOR THE ITCH.
The itch in man is cured very effectually by using the
marrow of an ass, or the urine of that animal, applied with
the mud it has formed upon the ground. Butter, too, is very
good; as also in the case of beasts of burden, if applied with
warmed resin: bull glue is also used, melted in vinegar, and
incorporated with lime; or goat's gall, mixed with calcined
alum. The eruption called "boa," [Note] is treated with cow-dung,
a fact to which it is indebted for its name. The itch in dogs
is cured by an application of fresh cows' blood, which, when
quite dry, is renewed a second time, and is rubbed off the next
day with strong lie-ashes.