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strength. As before stated, this plan of disinfecting is onl}^ to be 

 used when the house is empty. (See Sulphurous Acid Gas in 

 Part II.) 



Distemper. — (See Influenza and Strangles.) 



Distemper, Choking. — (See Typhosus.) 



Diuretics. — A name given to those medicines which cause an 

 increased secretion from the kidneys. Example, chlorate and 

 nitrate of potassa, the Spanish fl}^ and eupurpurin. (See Medi- 

 cines.) 



Dropsies. — Everj^ school-boy is familiar with the term drops3% 

 wdiich means an unnatural accumulation of water in the cavities 

 of the body, chest, heart-case, belly, breast, sheath, and cellular 

 tissue of the legs. (See Debilit3\) 



1. When water is in the chest it is called Hydrothorax. This 

 is the immediate cause of death, in pleurisy in the horse, and 

 pleuro-pneumonia in cattle, the animal dying by suffocation or as- 

 phyxia. 



2. When in the belly, it is called Ascites. 



3. When in the cellular tissue, and confined to a portion onh" 

 of the body, as the le^r or sheath, it is called Oedema; but if the 

 swellings are over different portions of the body, it is called Ana- 

 sarca. 



4. When in the heart-case or pericardium, it is called Dropsy 

 OF THE Heart. 



Causes. Treatment of diseases b}^ starvation, or low diet, bleed- 

 ing, blistering, and physicking. Injury to a part will be followed 

 by water}' swellings in the neighboring parts. 



Treatment. Blood-making food and medicines are imperntivrly 

 demanded. Corn meal mixed with bran and cut hay. Grass, if 

 it can be had. A bottle of strong beef tea or soup, given daily, 

 will be of great use. Give the following medicine three times a 

 day, either mixed in the food or poured down the mouth with a 

 bottle: Powdered sulphate of iron, one drachm ; powdered gentian 

 root, two drachms ; Spanish fly, two grains. Mix. Friction over 

 the swelling will be of use. Sometimes it will be necessary to 

 make slight incisions or cuts through the skin to let out the im- 

 prisoned fluid. Do not blister such swelling, as it is apt to pro- 

 duce ragged, running sores, difficult to heal, and leaving a blemish. 



