Farasites on top
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 25th Jan., 1887.
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I RICHARD VINE TUSON, Royal Veterinary College, Great College Street Camden
Town, London, Professor of Chemistry, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the employment of the higher oxide of arsenic called arsenic
acid or either of its hydrates or any of its alkaline salts or any mixture of these with
one another compounded or prepared with any suitable substance or substances as
a liquid available for dipping sheep, a paste for application to animals, generally, or
as an ointment to be rubbed on the animals skin to kill maggots, to prevent irritation
and to drive off "fly" or as a powder for sprinkling on.
The invention is specially intended to kill ticks, kegs or fags, red spider, scab and
mange-insects, fly, maggots, and other parasites known to infest sheep, cattle horses,
dogs and other animals. It is also useful for the cure of foot rot.
By my invention the compound or preparation is of such a character that no
separation or precipitation occurs when it is mixed with water as is the case with
other sheep dips in which arsenious acid, commonly called white arsenic is employed
consequently the last portion of the dip liquid is of the same strength as that of the
first or previous to the dipping. Neither does my improved preparations lose their
strength or property by long keeping. They have the advantage of not freezing in
cold weather and do not require hot water, nor of being heated previous to use. The
skin of the animal or wool of the sheep is not stained or discoloured by it, nor is the
wool left harsh and dry there being no potash, soda, or any other material that can
injure wool or destroy its yolk, the skin being kept healthy and free from irritation.
By its use the attack of "Fly" is prevented.
For the
of
purpose my invention I employ the higher oxide of arsenic (called arsenic
acid) or either of its hydrates, or any of its alkaline salts or any mixture of these with
one another or with any ingredients or other substance or substances not acted upon
chemically by arsenic acid such as Fusel Oil, Turpentine, Creosote, Tar oil, Vaseline,
Lard, Tallow, Sulphur, or other according to the kind of preparation intended to
be made

page_text: If the preparation is intended as a dip for sheep I employ a highly concentrated
compound of Arsenic acid, Fusel oil and turpentine, say 8 oz. and stir it in a vessel
containing 20 gallons of cold water till thoroughly mixed; the sheep can then be
immersed in the liquid until they are wet to the skin their heads being kept out of
the mixture; the sheep can then be removed to drain and be afterwards turned in a
dry clean yard or road-never into pasture or where food or litter is about-until all
dripping from them is stopped.
This admixture or dip liquid can be applied the liquid from a watering pot or by
sprinkling it on the animals.
This preparation is specially intended for destroying Tick, Scab, Fly, etc; but when
the preparation is intended for foot rot I mix a similar quantity of the compound in
six gallons of cold water in a bath about 16 feet long, 6 feet wide and say six inches
deep and I cause the sheep to walk into the trough the liquid being just high enough
to cover the whole of their feet.
If the preparation be desired in paste or ointment form I stir the concentrated
compound with creosote, tar oil, Vaseline lard, tallow or other material to the desired
consistency and rub it on the part affected and when desired in form of powder I mix
it with sulphur or the like.
The solution, paste ointment or powder containing arsenic acid or an alkalino
arseniate or a mixture of them may however be used alone or be mixed with any
other suitable material or materials not acted upon chemically by arsenic acid.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said R. V. Tuson.

page_text: anu Parasites on sheep and other Animals.
I RICHARD VINE TUSON, Royal Veterinary College, Great College Street, Camden
Town, London, Professor of Chemistry, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the employment of the higher oxide of arsenic, called
arsenic acid, or either of its hydrates or any of its alkaline salts or any mixture of
these with one another, compounded or prepared with any suitable substance or
substances as a liquid available for dipping sheep, a paste for application to animals
generally, or as an ointment to be rubbed on the animals skin to kill maggots, to
prevent irritation, and to drive off" fly" or as a powder for sprinkling on.
The invention is specially intended to kill ticks, keds or fags, red spider, scab and
mange-insects, fly, maggots and other parasites known to infest sheep, cattle, horses,
dogs and other animals. It is also useful for the cure of foot rot.
By my invention the compound or preparation is of such a character that no
separation or precipitation occurs when it is mixed with water, as is the case with
other sheep dips in which arsenious acid, commonly called white arsenic, is employed,
consequently the last portion of the dip liquid is of the same strength as that of the
first, or previous to the dipping. Neither does my improved preparations lose their
strength or property by long keeping. They have the advantage of not freezing in
cold weather and do not require hot water, nor of being heated previous to use.
The skin of the animal or wool of the sheep is not stained or discoloured by it, nor
is the wool left harsh and dry, there being no potash, soda or any other material that
can injure wool or destroy its yolk, the skin being kept healthy and free from irritation.
By its use the attack of "Fly" is prevented.
For the purpose of my invention I employ the higher oxide of arsenic (called arsenic
acid) or either of its hydrates, or any of its alkaline salts or any mixture of these with
one another or with any ingredients or other substance or substances, not acted upon
chemically by arsenic acid, such as Fusel Oil, Turpentine, Creosote, Tar Oil, Vaseline,
Lard, Tallow, Sulphur or other according to the kind of preparation intended to
be made.
If the preparation is intended as a dip for sheep I employ a highly concentrated
compound of arsenic acid, Fusel Oil and Turpentine, say 8 oz., and stir it in a vessel
containing 20 gallons of cold water till thoroughly mixed; the sheep can then be
immersed in the liquid until they are wet to the skin, their heads being kept out of
the mixture; the sheep can then be removed to drain and be afterwards turned into a
dry clean yard or road-never into pasture or where food or litter is about-until all
dripping from them is stopped.
This admixture or dip liquid can be applied from a watering pot or by sprinkling it
on the animals.

page_text: This preparation is specially intended for destroying Tick, Scab, Fly etc., but when
the preparation is intended for foot rot I mix a similar quantity of the compound in
six gallons of cold water in a bath about 16 feet long, 6 feet wide and say six inches
deep and I cause the sheep to walk into the trough the liquid being just high enough
to cover the whole of their feet.
If the preparation be desired in paste or ointment form, I stir the concentrated
compound with Creosote, Tar Oil, Vaseline, Lard, Tallow or other material to the
desired consistency, and rub it on the part affected, and when desired in the form of
powder I mix it with sulphur or the like.
The solution, paste, ointment, or powder containing arsenic acid or any alkaline
arseniate or a mixture of them, may, however be used alone or be mixed with any
other suitable material or materials not acted upon chemically by arsenic acid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
The preparations, substantially hereinbefore described and in which the higher oxide
of arsenic its hydrate or any of its alkaline salts forms the base of the compound or
preparation by which parasites on sheep and other animals can be destroyed.