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carbolic acid crystals 4 drs., glycerine 1 oz., alcohol 1 oz., water 

 8 ozs. When applied on a bandage this may be diluted with 

 water to make 1 pint. For circumscribed application to forming 

 sores the undiluted iodized phenol, made of one part each of 

 iodine and carbolic acid crystals, may be applied twice a day with 

 a glass rod. Other favorite applications are a lotion of lead and 

 laudanum ; a saturated solution of boric acid ; ninety-five per 

 cent, alcohol ; a mixture of creolin 1 part, iodoform 4 parts, and 

 lanolin 10 parts ; ichthyol and collodion : ichthyol and vaselin ; 

 or iodol, iodoform, salicylic acid or resorcin as dusting powders. 



Internally, tincture of muriate of iron 3 drms. every three 

 hours helps to keep the affection in check. 



GANGRENOUS INFECTION OF THE CORONET. 

 HORSE. POTCHETCHOUI. 



Seen on rich, damp lands. Symptoms : lameness, small areas of conges- 

 tion, erection of hairs, vesiculation, pustulation, gangrene as deep as ten- 

 dons, depilation, desquamation, fistuhe, slough of hoof, early fever, im- 

 paired appetite, recovery in 14 to 21 days in most cases. Staphylococcus 

 and streptococcus. Prevention : segregation, different attendants, avoid- 

 ance of infecting land while damp, smear limbs with antiseptics. Treat- 

 ment : antiseptic bandages. 



Under this name Sotsevich describes an infectious disease of the 

 horse, which prevails in the Don province, and especially on rich, 

 low, damp lands. Before the appearance of any local lesion, the 

 horse goes very lame on one limb. Afterward there appears, 

 usually on the coronet or pastern, an area on which the hairs 

 stand erect, with elevation of the epidermis and the formation of 

 vesicles as large as barley corns, filled with a yellowish white 

 liquid and later with pus. Gangrene follows, extending from the 

 skin to the subcutaneous connective tissue, aponeurosis and ten- 

 dons, and forming large sores, one to two inches in diameter and 

 discharging an abundant yellow, foetid pus. The adjacent skin 

 takes on a yellow tint and sheds its hair and epidermis. The dis- 

 ease may extend into the interphalangean joints or under the 

 hoof, leading to offensive fistulse or evulsion of the hoof. If it 

 extends to the higher parts of the limb it becomes less destructive. 



