32 SPECIAL VETERINARY THERAPY 



dry cotton. Then the following mixture should be ap- 

 plied three times daily until healing is complete, which 

 takes two or three weeks as a rule. 



Balsam Peru 3 ij 



Tr. Benzoin Compound 3 ij 



This amount is used for each foot at each applica- 

 tion and is heated slightly over a match. It is then 

 poured, warm, into the cracks. If granulations are 

 slow or lack vitality, a light cauterization with silver 

 nitrate or stimulation with pure tincture of iodine once 

 or twice will hasten them. In exceptionally stubborn 

 cases, a red iodide of mercury and cantharides blister 

 should precede all other treatment. 



