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a few days after delivery. Forbid the filtliy practice of 

 moistening the teat with milk before milking. Allow 

 no filth from the bedding or portions of the after-birth 

 to adhere to the udder or to the legs near the udder. 

 Provide clean stables and clean bedding. Cleanliness, 

 in all probability, is the best preventative. 



Kemedial : Treatment is systemic and local. Drench 

 the animal at once with the following: Epsom salts, 1 

 lb., common table salt, 1-2 lb., powdered ginger 1 oz., 

 powdered belladonna (roots or leaves) 1-2 oz., mixed 

 with two quarts of water. Supply abundance of fresh 

 cool water. 



Begin local treatment by injecting into each teat 1-2 

 pint of Schmidt's iodide of potash solution (potassium 

 iodide 2 drachms, water which has been boiled and 

 cooled, one quart.) After the first application inject 

 onece per day, 1-2 pint into the affected quarter only. 



Rub the affected part once each day with campho-phenol 

 (a saturated solution of camphor gum in carbolic acid; 

 carbolic acid 1, camphor 3-5. ) This medicine may be ap- 

 plied with the bare hands with perfect safety, and is 

 the remedy par excellence for external use in garget. 

 It relieves pain, and penetrating destroys infection, 

 and acting as a counter-irritant (a mild blister) it 

 softens the parts and hastens absorption of diseased 

 products. 



A simple treatment for which much is claimed is the 

 application of water as hot as can be borne, at frequent 

 intervals, followed by glycerine, vaseline or lard 

 smeared over the parts. Glycerine is to be preferred. 

 Empty the teats frequently by hand or by means of a 

 milk tube, if necessary. (Fig. 10.) 



