Mud fever (really good cream)

I found some brilliant cream for mud fever
that my farrier recommended, it's made up by the
chemist in Saint Lo at boulevard de la dollée

Can you post the name of the cream please. Its always difficult to get the correct translation. Thanks Sara

Hi Sara
It hasn't got a name, ask the chemist for his own composition
for gale de boue, he makes it up while you wait, it seems
to have quite a bit sulphur in it as it's yellow

sounds like this chemist is maybe using a very old receipe!

a common home made general cream, often used for skin irruptions inc mud fever & sweet itch.................

it was a base cream (unsalted lard or other animal fat sometimes) or something like zinc & castor oil cream for babby's bums! with sulphur added. depending on how much sulphur it could be a creamy white or up to sunflower yellow, i suppose you made it in different strenghs? (you can still buy a powder called 'flowers of sulphur to make your own).

does that sound like your wonder cream? it was said to be very good, & was only superceded by the anti-biotic version with sulphonamide based drugs (still sulphur in a posher form!!) or maybe its this 'modern-new improved one?'

a really old time & very yukky receipe i found out about a long long time ago was for sweet itch....
TRAIN OIL & SULPHUR fancy getting that out in the wash!! the reason for train oil apparently was to seal off the sore skin from moisture and biddies.....not one i think i would like to try.

if your chemists cream works mud fever is a bloody nightmare, good luck

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