NON-CONTAGIOUS BLOOD DISEASES. 



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What to do. — Discover the cause if possible, and if it is a sore of any 

 kind containing pent up pus, (the most common cause), liberate it and 

 dress the wound with the following lotion : 



No. 9. ^ Ounce carbolic acid. 



1 Pint water, 

 Mix. 



Apply two or three times a day with a syringe, if there are passages ; 

 if the sore is on the surface, bind on a sponge wet with the lotion. If 

 there is an ulcer, treat it as prescribed in the next article. Give the fol- 

 lowing mixture : 



No. 10. 2 Drachms iodide of potash, 



2 Ounces whiskey, 



1 Ounce powdered cinchona, 

 1 Pint gruel, 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, repeating same three times a day, and feed liberally. 



HEAD OF COW WITH FOOT 

 AND MOUTH DISEASE. 



VI. Purpura Hemorrhagica. 

 This is a specific blood disease quite common in the horse and pig, but 

 rare in cattle. It originates in an impoverished condition of the system, 

 more especially the blood, which becomes deficient in red corpuscles, 

 fibrin, etc., and oozing through the coats of the vessels, falls by gravita- 

 tion to the more dependent portions of the body, causing swellings of the 

 legs and belly, and also of the head, beginning with the muzzle and grad- 

 ually working up till it reaches the brain. For an extended description 



