536 URETHRA L GLEET. 



URETHRAL GLEET. 



Symptoms This is simply an augmented secretion of 

 mucous matter from the urethra, not contagious or communicable 

 by contact. 



Remedies Take of the following: 



Balsam copaiba 2 oz. 



Sweet spirits of nitre, 1 oz. 



Sirup of garlic, 4 oz. 



Mucilage of gum Arabic, 1 pt. 



The dose is one-half gill daily. 



The sheath and penis should be sponged three times a day with 

 cold, soft water, and the horse kept from mares. The same remedies 

 are efficient f JY leucorrhcea in mares, in which cooling applications 

 are injected into the vagina. Cleanse the vagina thoroughly with 

 injections of tepid water, and inject once a day, sulphate of zinc, 2 

 drachms, in 1 pint of tepid water. Follow this once a day with the 

 following injection : Carbolic acid, 2 drachms ; tepid water, 1 pint. 



WARTS. 



Remedies 1. Touch over the entire surface of the wart 

 twice daily, morning and evening, with a lotion composed of one 

 drachm or nitrate of silver dissolved in one ounce of soft water. 

 Apply with a camel's hair brush until the wart disappears, which 

 will probably take place in two or three weeks' time. 



2. Take equal parts of calomel and copperas, mix and apply 

 dry. This is also good in indolent cases of sore neck, back, 

 shoulder, etc. 



3. To cure a blood-wart, wash it twice a day with a solution 

 of blue-vitriol, after which sprinkle some of the same pulverized 

 upon the wart, and in due time it will be removed. 



WENS. 



Remedy Take a half-teacupful of slaked lime and the same 

 amount of soft soap; mix well and apply to the wen, in such man- 

 ner that it cannot spread. From two to four applications will gen- 

 erally effect a cure. The wen should be lanced at the time of mak- 

 ing the application, or a day or two after. 



WORMS. 



Symptoms A rough, staring coat, a craving appetite 

 more or less emaciation the passage of mucus with the feces, and 



