812 INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN. 



about the joints; pulse slightly accelerated, and soft; coat 

 rough and staring, with considerable debility. 



The treatment usually practised has been to make an incision 

 through the skin and insert a small quantity of arsenic into the 

 wound ; or else to score the face with a red-hot iron ; which latter 

 mode is said to have effected a perfect cure in many cases. 

 Neither of these operations, however, strikes us as being very sci- 

 entific. The author's friend, G. W. Bowler, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 has had some experience in the treatment of this disease, and has 

 been very successful. The course pursued by him is to rub the 

 swollen parts well once a day with the following ointment : of 

 mercurial ointment one ounce, and of iodine ointment two 

 ounces ; mix well together for use. Give internally at the same 

 time one of the following powders night and morning : calomel 

 one ounce ; iodide of potassa two ounces ; pulverized gentian 

 root one and a half ounces ; to be made into twenty powders. 

 The animal must be kept in a dry, well ventilated stable, and 

 the body kept warm so long as this medicine is given. 



ins^HjAMMation of the beaiw. 



This disease, known also as phrenitis, or, more generally, 

 mad staggers, arises from various causes, such as blows, over- 

 feeding and little exercise, too tight a collar, etc., etc., 



A heaviness of the head is first noticed ; an unwilling- 

 ness to move about; the lining membrane of the eyelids much 

 reddened ; appetite indifferent or lost ; a peculiar dullness of 

 the eyes ; and finally, delirium or madness. The animal be- 

 comes unmanageable ; beslavers all that comes within his reach, 

 whether man, horse, or anything else ; and plunges violently 

 about the stall, or wherever he may chance to be. 



