14 THE VETERINARIAN 



It is to be borne in mind that pure water and nour- 

 ishing food play a very important part in the treatment 

 of Anemia, 



APHTHAE 

 (Sore wiouth and tongue — Pustular Stomatitis) 



Cause: Superficial eruptions of the mucous mem- 

 branes of the mouth and tongue. Frequently seen dur- 

 ing convalescence of intermittent fever. This condition 

 may also follow diseases of the digestive system, as In- 

 digestion, etc., due to the blood absorbing toxic materials 

 which break out in the form of pustules about the mouth 

 and the whole alimentary canal (stomach and intes- 

 tines). 



Symptoms: The appetite is impaired, the mouth hot, 

 the pulse not much affected as a rule, the temperature is 

 slightly elevated, the animal is unable to masticate, and 

 small vesicles appear and eventually terminate into pus- 

 tules and burst and discharge a small amount of pus at 

 the parts where the sores are the deepest. 



Treatment: Remove the cause if possible. Feed 

 clean, soft food that is easily digested, as hot wheat bran 

 mashes and steamed rolled oats, vegetables, etc. For a 

 mouth-wash dissolve the following: One dram of Cop- 

 per Sulphate, one dram of Chlorate of Potash, one dram 

 of Boracic Acid in clean hot water, and syringe out the 

 mouth two or three times a day. To the drinking water 

 add one ounce of Hyposulphite of Soda twice a day. 

 Where the appetite is impaired, administer the follow- 

 ing: Pulv. Nux Vomica, Pulv. Gentian Root, Pulv. Iron, 

 Pulv. Nitrate of Potash each two ounces. Mix and make 

 into sixteen capsules and give one capsule three times a 

 day with capsule gun. 



