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and the lengtli of time each prescription sliould be con- 

 tinued, must hkewise be regulated by the state and con- 

 dition of the patient. 



All a})plications to the skin are to be avoided in the 

 early stages of the malady, as they would be productive 

 of harm by checking the progress of the eruption ; but 

 when the process of ulceration has commenced, the 

 parts should be daily dressed with a stimulating agent. 

 We can speak practically of the good effects which 

 follow from the use of diluted chloride of zinc to the 

 ulcers of sheep-pox : we prefer it to every thing else 

 which we have tried. Its antiseptic and disinfecting 

 properties render it also a valuable agent in many cases 

 besides those above named. Mr. Morton, writing of 

 the compounds of zinc, remarks, that " the disinfectant 

 fluid of Sir William Burnett is a solution of the chloride 

 of zinc ; and, being now easily obtained, this may be 

 made available for veterinary purposes. It is a com- 

 pound which may be advantageously had recourse to 

 for ill-conditioned wounds, as it corrects foetor, and 

 rouses the parts into healthy action ; requiring for this 

 purpose dilution with water, otherwise it acts as an 

 erodent*." 



When describing the symptoms of ovine variola, 

 we alluded to the liability of the nostrils to be ob- 

 structed by a viscid mucus adhering to their open- 

 ings : due attention must be given to this, and its 

 removal effected by frequently sponging the parts with 

 tepid water, and slightly smearing them with the fol- 



* Manual of Veterinary Pharmacy, p. 367, edit. 4. 



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