SKIN - DISEASES. 



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tending to the membranes of the mouth and nostrils. 

 The disease may possibly be caused by the richness of 

 the milk or by acrid plants. 



Change diet. Apply suitable ointment. A purge may 

 be useful. 



NETTLE-RASH (URTICARIA), 



Consists in numerous eruptions, averaging about two 

 and a half inches in diameter. There is great itching, 

 some increase of temperature, but little or no tenderness 

 or fever. The hair is shed in a few days, leaving bald 

 patches. The eruptions appear suddenly, and usually dis- 

 appear in about twelve days. Cattle that have been badly 

 kept in the winter and have become rapidly plethoric are 

 most liable to the disease in summer. 



Fig. 122. Nettle-Rash in the horse, the same as in the ox. 



Remedy. — Strong saline purge. Paint patches with 

 lotion of glycerine, carbonate of sodium, and laudanum. 

 Sulphur and bicarbonate of potassium in food. Cleanli- 

 ness, comfort. 



Draft : Bicarbonate potassium, \ oz., bicarbonate sodi- 



