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Draught. 

 Quinetum or sulphate of cinchonine, one drachm and a 



half. 

 Tincture of perchloride of iron, half a fluid ounce. 

 Spirit of chloroform, half a fluid ounce. 

 Water, sufficient to make six fluid ounces in all. 

 This draught may be given thrice daily. 



Lotion (see * Antiseptics '). 

 Ointment (see ' Antiseptics '). 

 Quitter. 



It is necessary to give free exit to the pus, and the 

 abscess - cavity should be sponged out with a 10 per 

 cent, solution of chloride of zinc. Inject daily a 10 per 

 cent, aqueous solution of mercury to which a few drops of 

 hydrochloric acid has been added. When pain is caused 

 by these injections, they should be stopped. Or spirituous 

 solutions of sublimate, followed by spirituous solution of 

 acetate of lead, may be used. Or a seton soaked in 

 sublimate may be passed to the bottom of the quittor, or 

 even the actual cautery, if great care be exercised not to go 

 too far with it. 



To eftect a cure, a surgical operation may be necessary (see 

 Holler's ' Veterinary Surgery '). See ' Fistulas ' for formula 

 of application to destroy the walls of the sinuous channels. 



Eabies. 



This disease occurs in the horse in consequence of a bite 

 of some rabid animal, the virus being transmitted through 

 the saliva. The period of incubation varies from two weeks 

 to forty days in the horse. All rabid animals should be 

 shot, but if it be thought wise to try treatment, the bites 

 should be attended to at once. The part affected should 



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