DISEASES OF THE HORSE GENERAL DISEASES, INCLUDING SKIN DISEASES
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All diseases of the skin depend upon an internal diseased state, and to attempt to cure them by external application alone, is like trying to kill a tree by cutting off its branches and leaving the trunk and roots for a time the tree will appear to be dead, but it will soon shoot out fresh branches and become as luxuriant as ever. It is just the same with skin diseases, you may be external application make the disease disappear from the skin, but it will soon show itself again in a worse form than before.
John Rush, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, USA. The Handbook of Veterinary Homeopathy, by John Rush, was published in 1854. Originally published in London by Jarrold and Sons. "The Homeopathic Treatment of the Horse, the Ox, the Sheep, the Dog and the Swine."