50 Nasal Catarrh 



TREATMENTS 



Any animal suspected of being bitten by a rabied animal 

 (one having hydrophobia) should have their hair clipped around the 

 wound and vasceline applied all around the surface of the flesh encir- 

 cling the wound but none applied in the wound. Then the wound 

 should be cleansed to its full depth with dilute nitric acid or by the use 

 of a red hot iron. It is of utmost importance to cleanse to the full 

 depth of all bites. If a piece of caustic potash can be obtained and 

 sharpened to a sharp point and run to the bottom of all wounds it may 

 prevent the disease, however I much prefer the nitric acid or cauterizing 

 treatment. Any animal suspected of being bitten should be isolated for 

 at least 9 weeks so he can not bite other animals and thereby cause a 

 spread of the dsease. 



If the animal is a very valuable animal protective innoculation 

 may be advisable. By protective innoculation is meant the securing of 

 the Pasteur institutes in one of the large cities as Chicago, New York, 

 etc., a portion of the weakened virus is placed in the blood every day 

 for 2 or 3 weeks. In man the mortality has been reduced from 75 to 5 

 per cent. After rabid symptoms appear the treatment is of no value. 



Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether the effected animal has 

 or has not rabies. 



In that case it is usually a dog. In that case pack the entire head in 

 ice and express it to the State Experiment Station where a thorough ex- 

 amination can be made of the brain by a competent bacteriologist. Pre- 

 pay such express charges. 



COLDS IN THE HEAD 



{Nasal Gleet-. Nasal Catarrh, Rhinitis) 



There is two forms of this disease, the acute or quick acting and the 

 chronic or long lasting form. In the acute form the membranes of the 

 nose are feverish and dry. Soon a discharge appears usually from both 

 nostrils, which at first is thin very much like water but as the case ad- 

 vances it becomes more like buttermilk and eventually its make up as- 

 sumes the form of pus. The discharge is usually smooth but may have 

 lumpy formations in it. In cases where the eyes are effected and the 

 glands of the neck are swollen it indicates a more severe case. This 

 disease is one that seldom works serious results but if longer standing 



