58 THE VETERINARIAN 



Teeatment : In the treatment of this disease, we have 

 to attend to constitutional disturbances, inflamed joints, 

 open urachus and complications such as constipation and 

 diarrhoea. The comfort of our little patient must be 

 studied under all circumstances. If the weather be at all 

 cold it should be covered by a warm sheet. Should the 

 foal have any difficulty in rising from the recumbent 

 position, an attendant should assist it to rise and see that 

 it is regularly fed. It is only in extreme cases that the 

 animal refuses to suck its dam. During warm weather, 

 and especially if the ground is dry, such a patient is al- 

 ways better off for a little sunshine, but on no account 

 must it be left out during extreme heat, as in this state 

 it is very liable to sunstroke. The best food for the 

 mare is grass, which, during the day, she can generally 

 have. The inflamed joints of the foal should be rubbed 

 lightly with the following, after being thoroughly mixed : 

 Red Iodide of Mercury, two drams ; Vaseline, two ounces, 

 every forty-eight hours, which, when applied to the skin, 

 appears to^have a well-marked antiseptic action on the 

 underlying tissues. An inflamed joint should on no ac- 

 count be bathed with warm water, fomented or poulticed 

 because the application of moist heat would be the best 

 possible means for promoting the development of the in- 

 fective germs which are the cause of the local and gen- 

 eral disturbance. The open navel-string should not be 

 ligatured because that operation is generally followed by 

 an increased inflammation of the part, and by an aggrava- 

 tion of the other symptoms apparently on account of this 

 outlet for deleterious products becoming blocked up. If 

 the navel-string has been ligatured and is in an inflamed 

 state, the ligature should be removed without delay. If 

 the foal is constipated give two to three ounces of Castor 

 Oil; also, administer the following: Zinc Sulphocarbo- 

 lates, one-half dram ; Hyposulphite of Soda, four ounces. 

 Mix and make into thirty-two powders. Give one powder 

 well back on the tongue every four hours. 



