INDEX OF DISEASES AND REMEDIES 741 



ALOPECIA. 



Baldness depending on faulty nutrition of skin and atrophy of hair 



bulbs. Often parasitic. 



Oleaginous diet, tonics, sulphur iodide. Antiparasitics. 

 Stimulate skin with ammonia liniment ; cantharides tincture, one part, 



soap or camphor liniment, eight parts ; or castor oil. 

 Shave and rub in vaseline daily, dressing occasionally with above 

 stimulants. 



AMAUROSIS. BLINDNESS. 



Paralysis of optic nerve and retina with constantly dilated pupil ; may 



follow contagious equine pneumonia and canine distemper. 

 Except when depending upon loss of blood, debility, or lead-poisoning, 



it is incurable. 



Strychnine in traumatic cases and those of nerve atrophy, but unsuit- 

 able where there are brain symptoms. 



ANEMIA. 



Diminution of red corpuscles and other essential constituents of the 

 blood. 



Pernicious anaemia, probably dependent on a microbe (Friedberger), 

 frequently infectious, and accompanied by fluidity and redness of 

 bone marrow. In dogs may be due to worms. 



Generous diet, containing suitable proteids and fats. 



Comfortable quarters, pure air, exercise ; clip horses with heavy coats. 



Iron salts and occasional laxatives. Malt extract ; haemoglobin. 



Gentian, quinine, and other bitters where appetite faulty ; strychnine. 



Mineral acids where gastric mucous membrane soft and relaxed. 



Arsenic, after iron has been given for ten days, or where iron disagrees. 



Calcium phosphate in growing young animals ; Squires' syrup, alter- 

 nated with Donovan's solution, or cod-liver oil. 



ANEURISM. 



A localised dilatation with partial rupture of an artery. 



Equable pressure, truss, bandages, acupressure, cat-gut ligatures above 

 and below sac. 



Aconite relieves pain and lowers circulation. 



Ergotin locally injected contracts vessel. 



Pot. iodide encourages absorption. Rest, quiet ; rather low diet. 



Electrolysis, injection of ferric chloride, lead acetate, or sterilised solu- 

 tion of gelatine may cause coagulation within sac. 



Radical cure and obliteration of vessel by double ligature or by con- 

 tinuous acupressure. 



ANGLE BERRIES. See WARTS. 



Remove by knife, torsion, caustic, or ligature ; dress antiseptically. 



ANTHRAX. CHARBON. 



Depends upon the Bacillus anthracis, and is communicable by inocula- 

 tion from one animal and from one species to another. Cattle, 

 horses, and sheep are most frequently attacked. Bacilli and spores 

 are taken up by animals in their food and water ; are occasionally 

 inhaled, or may be introduced through skin abrasions. The char- 

 acteristic lesions are accompanied by acute pyrexia, and are usually 

 localised 



(1) In the subcutaneous structures, corresponding to the malignant 

 pustule of man. 



(2) In the pharynx and respiratory passages of pigs, horses, and other 

 animals. 



(3) In the intestine of horses. 



(4) In the spleen, chiefly of adult cattle and sheep, recognised as 

 splenic apoplexy ; very sudden in its onset, and killing sometimes 

 within an hour. 



