78 TREATMENT OF DISEASES 



mals was more or less impaired. After a period of from ten to 

 twenty days, some of the clusters of vesicles were ruptm-ed, leaving 

 a rough furfuraceous scale. 



Tkeatment of Non-cutaneous Herpes. — The surface of the 

 body is to be thoroughly sponged with a tepid alkaline wash, which 



isists of — 



"Warm "Water 1 gallon. 



Carbonate of Soda 4 ounces. 



This will remove all extraneous and morbid matter from the sur 

 ,ace. The animal must be rubbed perfectly dry before the " herpes 

 lotioti''' is applied. 



Hc-rpes Lotion. Glycerine, two ounces ; Oil of Turpentine, four 

 ounces ; Cod Liver Oil, one pint. Mix. 



Sponge the affected parts every night, prior to the reapplication 

 of the lotion. The parts to which it has been applied, are to be 

 rubbed dry by means of a piece of coarse crash. During the period 

 of the local treatment, the patient should get a few doses of altera- 

 tive medicine. The following is a good example : 



Fluid Extract of Sassafras 7 ounces. 



Hydriodate of Potass 1 drachm. 



Dose : one ounce daily. 



The most alarming form of Herpes is the epizootic, and as the 

 husbandmen of this country have great interests at stake, yet know 

 very little about its nature and symptoms, I here introduce some 

 remarks from the pen of Prof Papa : 



"At the commencement of 1849, Count Faverage invited Prof. 

 Papa to the valley of Borne, in Savoy, to see a disease affecting ani- 

 mals, and which even spread to men. Every facility was offered by 

 Government to Prof Papa, and many persons having affected ani- 

 mals were requested to permit their inspection, and indeed, threat- 

 ened with a fine if they did not. Papa saw about three hundred 

 horses and mules affected. The disease appeared in circular patches 

 of furfuraceous scales, with greyish-white scabs. These patches 

 had usually well-defined margins, about the size of a dollar, or five- 

 shilling piece. Usually they were isolated, but at other times they 

 were confluent or running together in groups. The head, neck, 

 withers, shoulders and loins were the parts chiefly affected ; more 

 rarely the upper portion of the extremities, and never on the lower 

 part of the limbs, chest, or belly. The malady commences Avith a 

 violent itching, and an eruption in small .circumscribed points, about 

 the size of a lentil, is witnessed. The scabs form, with the exuda- 

 tion drying and entangling cuticle and hairs. In the vicinity of the 

 first, other eruptive spots appeared, which widening, became conflu- 

 ent, aifd ran into one anothei-, especially where the skin is folded, 

 and animals have a chance of rubbing themselves. A scab forms on 

 the sore surface, and the surface beneath is red and tumefied, but in 

 a little while desquamation occurs. A very careful microscopical 

 examination failed to indicate the existence of any acari." 



The disease is contagious, and Papa says, all those who come more 

 or less in contact with herpetic horses and mules, and especially the 

 conductors of the same, were covered on the arms, logs, chest and 



