126 THE VETERINARIAN 



given remarkably good results : Blue OintifienTand^ne 

 Ointment, equal parts. Mix well and apply two or three 

 times daily. 



— « «^ HARD MILKERS^'-'^ 



Cause: A thickness or contraction of the mucous 

 membranes lining the teat or growths inside the teat. 

 ----Tbeatment : All antiseptic precautions should be car- 

 ried out in this operation, as boiling the instruments and 

 then covering them with Carbolated Vaseline. Then with 

 a hidden bistoury or a knife concealed in a tube, force up- 

 ward into the teat, then press out the little blade and 

 draw the instrument down the teat, making about four in- 

 cisions equal distance apart around the inner surface of 

 the teat. The use of self-retaining teat dilators prevents 

 the contraction of the cut surface, permitting them to 

 remain in the teat for two weeks, removing them only 

 when the milk is being stripped from the teat. Always 

 place them in boiling water and cover with Carbolated 

 Vaseline before inserting. 



HOLLOW HORN 



Horns of the cattle tribe are normally hollow, although 

 a core extends well into the horn. This, however, is 

 merely a prolongation of a porous bone of the head which 

 affords a point for the horns' attachment, consequently 

 ^.when a cow is sick and the temperature is elevated, the 

 ^ horns are naturally hot, it being the symptom of a disease 

 and not a disease of itself, and which should be treated 

 under its special heading. 



The supposed disease ^* Hollow Horn*' once upon a 

 time was treated by boring a hole into the horn with a 

 small gimlet and pouring Turpentine into the opening. 

 This treatment is useless and harmful. It produces in- 

 flammation of the frontal sinuses of the head and 

 chances are death of the animal will follow as a result of 

 the treatment and not of the disease. 



