GREASE HEELS. 



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a plethoric condition of the animal. As symptomatic, the skin 



at first is hot, red, swollen, and tender, and discharges a white 



^^^-^^-^^ -_-_ offensive matter of a greasy feeling. As the 



disease advances, this discharge thickens into 



^^ the form of tears, and becomes 



hard, presenting a grapy 



appearance. Abscesses 



are sometimes formed 



about the heels, causing 



the sloughing away of a 



large portion of them. 



This disease requires 

 constitutional, as well as 

 .THE cHiLDBEN's PET. jQ^al, trcatmcut. Give 



internally for four days one of the following balls : of Barbadoes 

 aloes, one ounce ; pulverized gentian root, half an ounce ; pul- 

 verized ginger, two drachms ; mix with molasses, and divide into 

 four balls. Follow this with half-drachm doses of nux vomica 

 powdered ; wash the parts well with soap and water, and apply 

 flaxseed poultices, mixed with a solution of sulphate of zinc, 

 until the inflammation is considerably reduced ; then bathe care- 

 fully either with glycerine, or a solution of sulphate of zinc, or 

 the castor oil and collodion wash. If the discharge is very 

 offensive, use powdered charcoal and soap suds, allowing it to 

 dry upon the legs ; a solution of the chloride of lime may also 

 be used ; or a weak solution of corrosive sublimate is bene- 

 ficial. 



