Eczema of Swine. Treatment. 



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In the presence of mncli exudation the drying powders 

 entioned above have a good effect (ointments do not adhere to 



tlX^^\''''u'{''''^- r"^^^^'" "^"^^^"^^^ ^1^^ ^^i^«^«^^^ ^"rfaces the 

 i.I 1 /•''"r ^^fPPl;^.^^ thickly 2 or 3 times daily and before 

 nowd.?F ^'^^'"'^ *^f skm should be cleansed of the adherent 

 en mlXI'"'''"' ""^f- ^''''' '^'''^'''^ P^^^^^^i-^ ^i-e apt to form 

 h'vH^i^^^l t^ "l/^-" ^'-"^'V'^^ of copious secretion and thus 

 mtr nl.%i v' ^^T^ employment must at times be discon- 

 dX!/^i h' P'^'^"' ^? substituted. Thiol is suitable as a 

 clustmg powder or as a solution m water and glycerine (2 -5 -5) 

 while Bissauge employs powdered sugar Avith good result ' Iii 

 r^l ' •''^''''- f/T' P^^l^i^f the part with 2 to 6% silver nitrate 

 or picric acid (1 part to 86 parts of water [Lassartesse]) and 

 subsequent application of powders are usually efficient, but this 

 expedient cannot always be resorted to in light-haired horses, 

 because the remedies stain the hairs dark o? yellow. All the 

 remedies indicated above dry the surface of the skin, while silver 

 P^int fl""'' P'''^^/."^^^^«^g^^l^te the serous exudate, thus hard- 

 ening the superficial layers of the epidermis. As soon as the 

 applied " "'^'"^"^^ becomes less, ointments or pastes may be 



The skin should be protected from external influences for 

 some time after it has become covered with fresh epithelimn 

 uJ^^^ purpose boracic acid (2-3%) mixed with vaseline 

 is always useful further Unna's zinc glue (white glue and 

 glycerine of each 20 parts, zinc oxide 60 parts, water 100 parts) 

 as well as nafalan, naftalan and safolan. 



^ In the treatment of chronic and seborrheic eczema one must 

 begin by removing the large crusts in the manner already indi- 

 cated as well as by cutting away the warty growths or skin 

 excrescences which may have formed; in most cases washing 

 with soap may be emp oyed, and aside from seborrheic eczema 

 It seems suitable to make fatty applications. The further treat- 

 Thv JL r^r'f.i^ ^'^ ^Y ^«;^^^itijn of the surface of the skin 

 or by the state of the epidermis. If moist surfaces or folliculitis 

 are present, the same means may be employed as in the moist 



lllf.fjTu' ^fr^^ ^^"' ^?' ^%'''^' ^^ ^^'^ exudation has 

 ceased or folliculitis is reheved, or if this has not been present 

 trom the commencement, preparations of tar may be used ad- 

 vantageously, by means of which the separation of the large and 

 cracked horny layer is facilitated. The different preparations 

 o± tar, such as pix liquida oleum rusci, ol. fagi, ol. cadinum are 

 a equa ly efficacious and are generally employed diluted with 



, alcohol or fat The following mixtures are in use among 

 others: pix liquida, sapo kalinus, spir. dilutus 2:2:1- or pix 

 liquida spir. dilutus aa;^r ol. cadinum, oh sesami ^; or ol 

 rusci, ol. fagi, ol. sesami aa, etc. The liniment or oil is applied 

 rather copiously on the diseased skin, left on for 3 to 5 days and 

 af erwards the black scab and scaly layer is carefully removed 



1 he procedure can be repeated several times, but bearing in 



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