702 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



TREATMENT. Give bran-mashes for a day or two, and then 

 dissolve six drams of Barbadoes aloes in boiling water and 

 give when cool. Wash the dirt from the legs with warm 

 water, and, if there is much heat and tenderness, apply a 

 slight poultice of flaxseed-meal, after which use the white 

 lotion. (See Index.) 



Or take Carbolic Acid, pure, ..... 1 dram. 



Alcohol, 1 " 



Water, 1 pint. 



Mix, and bathe the heels with it two or three times a day. 

 If the heels become hardened, bathe them with 



Iodide of Potassium, . 2 drams. 



Iodine Crystals, . . . . . . . 4 " 



Water, 12 ounces. 



Use as the foregoing; or if unhealthy granulations, proud 

 flesh, spring up, rub a stick of nitrate of silver over them once 

 every one or two days, and give 



Saltpeter, ........ 2 drams. 



Eosin, 2 



Mix, and give at one dose, once a day for three or four 

 days. But never use hot liniments, or you may cause it to 

 terminate in mud fever. 



Mud Fever. Mud fever is an inflammation of the skin. 

 It is caused by wet and mud on the legs, and is aggravated by 

 washing and not drying the legs. 



SYMPTOMS. The legs will be swollen, stiff, and extremely 

 hot and tender; the hair comes off pretty easily; and, if it is 

 allowed to run too long, it may prove a serious trouble. 



TREATMENT. It is best, in most cases, to give a small dose 

 of from four to six drams of aloes dissolved in hot water, and 

 given when cool. Give bran-mashes and other cooling food. If 

 the legs are greatly swollen, bathe in warm water, cleanse them 

 nicely, and then dry them well; but do not rub them hard. 

 When it begins to get better, and the swelling partly disappears, 

 some moderate exercise is useful; but do not allow the legs 

 to get wet or dirty. Sometimes abcesses form from this, as 



