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(b.) In calves. 



(i.) Draught — 



Pepsine, twenty grains. 

 Diluted hydrochloric acid, thirty minims. 

 Sulphate of cinchonine, seven and a half grains. 

 Water, a sufficient amount. 



This draught may be given twice or thrice daily in a sufficient quantity of 

 ■water or mucilage of starch. 



(ii.) Draught — 



Diluted sulphuric acid, thirty minims. 

 Tincture of catechu, two fluid drachms. 

 Spirit of chloroform, thirty minims. 

 Water, a sufficient quantity. 



This draught may be given three or four times daily in water or mucilage of 

 starch. Perhaps the most valuable of all remedies for cases of diarrhea in 

 calves is "salicylate of bismuth in two drachm doses. In the Veterinari/ Jomiial 

 of November 1886 we also recommend salicylate of iron in cases of diarrhoea 

 among calves. 



DISINFECTANTS. 



The disinfectants most usually employed for purifying cattle-sheds, houses, and 

 all other places which require to be disinfected, are carbolic acid, chloride of 

 lime, chlorine gas, and last, but far from least, sulphurous anhydride. This 

 last-mentioned gas has a perfectly marvellous effect. Undoubtedly, if we take 

 everything into consideration, sulphur dioxide is the handiest and best disinfec- 

 tant known. It is so easy to manufacture and to use, and if the most ordinary 

 precautions are taken, no bad result can possibly accrue. In short, we can, 

 from very long-continued personal experience, most emphatically and positively 

 assert that the fumes given off from burning sulphur constitute one of the very 

 best disinfecting agents known. There are different ways of employing this 

 gas. Perhaps one of the best methods is that described on page 49 of the 

 Veterinary Pharmacopoeia (Gresswell's) ; but a very simple way is that of 

 leaving a tray containing burning coals in the room which it is required to 

 disinfect, and sprinkling the sulphur upon the coals. The assistant or person 

 who carries this out should take care not to inhale too much of the vapour. It 

 is, moreover, to be borne in mind that sulphur dioxide gas is almost as valuable 

 as a disinfecting agent in human diseases as it is in regard to those of lower 

 animals. 



Under the heading of Verminous Bronchitis, we mentioned a way of treating 

 that complaint by allowing the animals affected with it to pass through a room 

 containing the fumes of burning sulphur. It is to be also home in mind that 

 the inhalation of the fumes of burning sulphur is a very efficient preventive and 

 curative agent in the case of many infectious maladies of animals and man, and 

 of these we may here mention swine fever of pigs, anthr^ of cattle and sheep, 

 and possibly small-pox of man. We must repeat, however, that great care is 

 requisite in carrying out this measure. 



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