512 DISTEMPER, OR STRANGLES. 



2. For simple diarrhea, use: 



Guin-Arabic 2 ounc 



Boiling water 1 pint 



Dissolve and then add 



Oil of peppermint 25 drops. 



Mix, and give at a dose, and repeat night and morning. 



3. The following will be found a good remedy: 



Gum-Arabic 1 ounce 



Powdered chalk 1 ounce 



Essence or oil of peppermint 20 drops 



Water. pint 



and give twice a day. 



DISTEMPER, OR STRANGLES. 



Symptoms The attack as a rule is light, but often malignant 

 and difficult to manage. There will be more or less fever, the 

 mouth hot, limbs cold, coat staring, loss of appetite and often ner- 

 vous prostration ; the throat becomes swollen ; there is cough with 

 difficulty in swallowing; the nose runs and the mucus soon 

 becomes purulent. 



Treatment In malignant cases the advice of a veterinary 

 surgeon should be obtained, since there may be complications that 

 cannot be understood by the ordinary observer. Grood nursing 

 throughout the disease is essential. The animal must be kept warm 

 and free from draughts. Keep up the strength with soft, nourish- 

 ing food and gruels. Do nothing to deplete the system. If there 

 is obstruction of the bowels give injections of warm water and 

 soap-suds to relieve the bowels. Apply hot linseed poultices to the 

 neck until the swelling breaks, or at least is very thin, when it may 

 be punctured with a knife to let the pus escape. Allow it to dis- 

 charge freely, simply washing with warm water to keep it clean and 

 syringing it with the same if necessary. During the length of the 

 fever stage give every three hours a wineglassful of the follow- 

 ing, with a syringe gently injecting it well oack into the mouth: 

 Sweet spirits of nitre, one ounce; tincture of aconite root, one 

 drachm ; fluid extract of belladonna, two drachms ; and one ounce 

 each of the following: Saltpetre, tincture of gentian, and powdered 

 sal. ammoniac; add water to make one pint and give at intervals 

 as above directed, gradually increasing to three times a day. As 

 improvement becomes evident, change to the following during con- 

 valescence: Take of tincture of iron and tincture of gentian each 

 one ounce; add water to make twelve ounces; give two tablespoon- 

 fuls three times a day until the appetite returns. 



