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Curb (Early Stages). 



Cooling Lotions {vide ' Cooling Lotions '). 



Curb (Later Stages). 



Counter-irritants (vide * Counter-irritants '). 

 Ointment of red iodide of mercury. 



Cystitis. — Fide also Bladder, Inflammation of. 



Give by the mouth boric acid or salicylic acid, or bibo- 

 rate of sodium, or tannin (which is excreted as pyrogallic 

 acid), in suitable dose. Should putrefaction, and especially 

 alkaline fermentation, have occurred, the bladder should be 

 washed out by means of the catheter with warm solutions 

 in the case of cows and mares, a rubber tube being used. 

 The best lotions for this purpose are concentrated solution 

 of salicylic acid, solution of carbolic acid (1 in 200), per- 

 chloride of mercury (1 in 2,000), boric acid (2 in 100). 

 The administration of salol in small doses may be useful. 

 This substance is decomposed by the pancreatic juice 

 in the small intestines into salicylic acid and phenol. 

 Although it has been much used for various maladies, it 

 is very doubtful if it is judicious to give it, except in 

 small doses. 



Debility. 



This name is given to a condition of general weakness, 

 and is due to various causes. As an example may be men- 

 tioned general overwork, or an extra pressure of same on 

 any given occasion, insufficiency or unsuitability of food, 

 bad water, or faulty sanitation. Sometimes, however, it is 

 exceedingly difficult to assign any sufficient external factor, 

 and in these cases it seems to be due to an inherent loss 



