690 THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE OX. 



(ii. ) Acid solution of nitrate of mercury, four minims. 

 Water, one fluid ounce. 

 This gargle likewise may be used several times daily. 



(iii.) Permanganate of potassium, three to four grains. 

 Water, one fluid ounce. 

 This gargle also may be used twice or thrice daily. 



APHTHA EPIZOOTIOA. 

 (o ) Internal treatment. 

 (i.) Draught — 



Salicylate of sodium, three drachms. 

 Spirit of nitrous ether, one fluid ounce. 

 Water, to make eight fluid ounces. 

 This draught may be given twice daily. 



(ii.) Draught — 



Sulphite of sodium, three drachms. 

 Water, to make eight fluid ounces in all. 

 This medicine may be given twice or thrice daily. 



(iii.) Powder — 



Sulphite of sodium, three drachms. 

 Aniseeds, one ounce. 

 Fenugreek, one ounce. 

 This powder may be administered in the food twice or thrice daily, when 

 draughts are not given. 



(6.) Local treatment. 

 Gargles — 



Those which are above-mentioned under the heading of Aphtha may be 

 used. 



Ointment for the feet and teats. Either the ointment of boric acid, or that of 

 carbolic acid, or that of iodoform, eucalyptus, or carbolic acid, will prove very 

 useful. For the formulae of these ointments either see Antiseptics or else refer 

 to Gresswell's Veterinary Pharmacopoeia. Either ointment may be applied once 

 or twice daily. Ointment of boric acid, and that of salicylic acid, are most 

 valuable preparations, and in many cases act almost like a magic charm. 



APOPLEXY, PARTURIENT (PARTURIENT APOPLEXY), 

 (i.) Draught — 



Carbonate of ammonium, four drachms. 

 Powdered ergot, one ounce. 

 This draught may be given, together with six fluid ounces of whisky or brandy, 

 in a pint of warm water every four hours. Treatment should be commenced by 

 the administration of an aperient (see Aperients). 



(ii.) Hypodermic Injection — 



Injectio ergotini hypodermica (B. P.), fifty to sixty minims. 

 The hypodermic injection of ergotin, of which the above doses are equivalent 

 to twenty-five and fifty grains of ergotin respectively, may be employed when 

 ergot is not administered with the stimulating draught above prescribed. It is 

 to be borne in mind that the hypodermic injection of ergotin constitutes the most 

 rapid and effectual method, whereby ergot can be introduced into the system. 

 However, it is not always convenient to give it in this form. 



