506 SPORADIC DISEASES. 



medullary substance, covered here and there in one case with 

 small red points ; whilst in the other the surrounding substance 

 was of the natural colour. 



TREATMENT. 



But little can be suggested in the way of remedial treatment. 

 If the animal lives sufficiently long, the liquor puris may be 

 absorbed, and the shrivelled pus cells remain, as in the case 

 recorded. But little assistance can be given to tliis, beyond 

 keeping the bowels open by an occasional cathartic, to act as a 

 derivative, and attending to the diet of the animal ; the food in 

 all instances must be nutritious but non-stimulating. Care must 

 also be taken that the animal does not injure itself by falling ; 

 and to prevent injury to the head, some soft substance, such as a 

 sack stuffed with straw, should be placed in front of the patient, 

 in order that it may rest its forehead upon it. 



