88 THE EQUINE HOSPITAL FORMULARY. 



Draught. 



Bicarbonate of potassium, two drachms. 

 Bromide of potassium, two draclims. 

 Sulphur, two drachms. 

 Water, a sufficiency. 

 This draught may be given once daily. 



Epistaxis. — See Bleeding. 



The animal should be kept quiet, and to the elevated 

 head cold applications should be applied. The nostril out 

 of which the blood proceeds should be washed with a 

 mixture of vinegar and cold water by means of an irrigator. 

 In some cases insufflation of finely-powdered alum or 

 tannin may be useful. 



Internally, small doses of turpentine, or moderate doses 

 of liq. extract of ergot, or tinct. hamamelis may be useful, 

 and hypodermic injection of ergotin has been successfully 

 tried, Sohngen noting recovery in the horse after subcu- 

 taneous injection of twelve grains of extr. secal. cornut. 



Erysipelas (e/oixo, I draw, and TreAas, near). 



This is a contagious disease, accompanied by a jDeculiar 

 kind of inflammation of the skin, pain, heat, and swelling. 

 It often attacks the skin near wounds ; but it may appa- 

 rently be idiopathic as well as traumatic. In human 

 beings it often recurs in the same person, and the tendency 

 is said to be inherited. Micrococci have been found. 



The horse is to be placed in a loose box, and a mild 

 purge of calomel or aloes given. Then give liq. ammon. 

 acet., with camphor and spirit of nitrous ether, thrice daily. 

 If the temperature be very high, give salicylic acid, or a 

 salicylate in full dose twice or thrice daily in combination 

 with the above. Perchloride of iron is strongly recom- 



