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of a few clays (see page 957). Of good service in the squamous 

 form is caraway oil, which is recommended by Gmeiner (ol. 

 carvi and alcohol aa 10 gm. ol. ricini 150 gm.) with which the 

 diseased parts should be rubbed energetically once or twice 

 daily with the fingers ; a sulphur bath is given once every week. 

 According to Brandl & Gmeiner, liquor cresoli saponatus is 

 the most effective remedy, but the authors cannot confirm this. 



Schindelka obtained healing repeatedly with bisulphide of 

 carbon (sulfuretum carbonicum s. carboneum sulfuretum). 

 After the skin is prepared properly, pads of bisulphide are 

 pressed upon the affected spots for several minutes, and then 

 a paste of formalin (formaldehyde 1 to 3, vaseline 50, zinc 

 oxide and powdered starch aa 25) is applied to the carefully 

 dried skin. This treatment repeated three to five times at in- 

 tervals of 3 to 4 days is said to accomplish its object as a rule. 

 In cases where the skin is much thickened Schindelka uses a 

 shaking mixture of carbon bisulphide, flowers of sulphur and 

 powdered neutral soap (7:1:2). The carbon bisulphide makes 

 the skin tender, and its use necessitates great caution on ac- 

 count of the danger from fire. Uebele found the effect of this 

 treatment uncertain. Instead of carl)on bisulphide less poison- 

 ous and non-inflammable vitran (with Peruvian balsam aa) 

 may be used, especially if the disease is limited. 



Of other methods of treatment the following deserve to be 

 mentioned: The method of Brusasco in which the animal is 

 bathed in liver of sulphur solution (200 gm. of potassium sul- 

 phuratum in 70 liters of water) ; on the following day a third 

 of the body is dressed energetically with a diluted ointment of 

 cantharides (1:6 parts of lard) and on the sixth day the animal 

 is bathed again in liver of sulphur solution. After an interval 

 of 3 to 4 days the treatment is repeated until cure results. Meg- 

 nin also recommends sulphureted potash baths daily during 

 the first month ; during the second month every 2 or 3 days for 

 the space of a quarter of an hour; the same author proposed 

 also a mixture of 100 gm. of flowers of sulphur, 200 gm. of un- 

 slaked lime and one liter of water, to be rubbed into the affected 

 skin with a sponge. Lesbre bathes the diseased animals in liver 

 of sulphur solution, then washes it several times a day with 

 lukeAvarm cresol emulsion, finally dressing the diseased places 

 with the following ointment: 20 gm. of naphthol, 0.25 gm. of 

 corrosive sublimate and 100 gm. of lanoline. Cadeac paints the 

 previously scarified skin mth tincture of iodine, while Dupas 

 treats acariasis with 96% alcohol in a similar way as Schin- 

 delka with carbon bisulphide. On the contrary Altmann often 

 saw definite cure result from repeated applications of petro- 

 leum (in extensive disease only half the body may be 

 treated at one time). Nicolas treats the affected animals with 

 injections of a 2 to 2i/o% carbolic acid solution into the depths 

 of the skin (not under the skin), both in the region of the affec- 

 tion and also in the neighborhood; the good effect of this treat- 



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