Diseases. 41 



Treatment. 



Nourishing diet, followed by tonics, warm clothing, and 

 plentiful bedding. Lance the swellings slightly, and bathe 

 them with warm vinegar and water. 



Give 4 lbs. dry (on no account Avill cold boiled do) bran mixed 

 with food daily, rice-water instead of cold water to drink, 

 and keep warmly clothed. Avoid aloes. If very bad, give 

 once a day an ounce of tincture of opium in pint of rice- 

 water as a drench, or 2 drachms of catechu. Work should 

 be moderate. 



Warm mashes and green food ; steady exercise ; if very bad, 

 warm water clysters and hand-rub the belly, and mild 

 purgatives. 



For threadworms first clean out the rectum by injecting warm 

 water, and follow this act once with an enema of 6 to 8 ounces 

 turpentine in a quart of linseed oil, or inject 2 drachms spirit 

 of turpentine in a pint of linseed oil, daily for 10 days. Half 

 a pint linseed oil every morning for a week will cure mild 

 cases. In bad cases of round worms mix H drachms each of 

 tartar emetic and sulphate of iron in horse's food daily for a 

 week, stop all gram, feed on mashes with plenty of rocksalt 

 to lick, and then give one of the purgatives mentioned in 

 "Prescriptions." If necessary, repeat above after intervals 

 of 10 days. Exercise freely, clothe warmly and tie cloth round 

 the tail to prevent his rubbing the hair off. If foregoing 

 ingredients not available, give 2 ounces oil of turpentine, or 

 2 drachms spirit of turpentine, in a pint of linseed oil as a 

 drench, repeating after three days if necessary. 



Note. — In all cases of suspected bladder or kidney disease, pass 



your hand well up the rectiim, fingers downwards, to feel if 



bladder be distended or not. 

 Give aperient clyster. Soak blanket in hot water, put it over 



loins covered with a waterproof sheet till symptoms relieved. 



Feed on mashes only, and give linseed tea instead of water to 



drink. 



the secretion and discharge of nrine. 



