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(ii.) Local application — 

 The side of the animal may he hlistered with ointment of cantharides (lard 

 four pounds, resin four pounds, powdered cantharides one pound). Another 

 very good measure is to apply the hot wet pack. 



(b) In later stages. 

 Draught — 



Carbonate of ammonium, three drachms. 

 Carbonate of iron, three drachms. 

 This draught may be given in water twice daily. After an animal has 

 recovered from pericarditis, it is advisable that it should be fattened and killed. 



B. Traumatic. 



Traimiatic pericarditis is generally fatal. 



PERITONITIS. 



Draught — 



Tincture of opium, two fluid ounces. 

 Tincture of aconite (V. P. ), forty minims. 

 Spirit of chloroform, half a fluid ounce. 

 Water, a sufficient quantity. 

 This draught may be given every six hours. 



PERITONITIS, PUERPERAL. See Metro-Peritonitis. 



PHTHISIS PULMONALIS. 

 Draught — 



Cod-liver oil, ten fluid ounces. 

 This draught may be given twice daily for several days, and then once 

 daily. 



PLACENTAL MEMBRANES, RETENTION OF THE. 

 Draught — 



Sulphate of magnesium, sixteen ounces. 

 Powdered ergot, one ounce. 

 Carbonate of ammonium, four drachms. 

 This draught may be given in two pints of warm water, and, if necessary, 

 repeated on the following day. 



PILES. See Hjemorrhoids. 



PLEURO-PNEUMONIA CONTAGIOSA. 



This disease is not treated. Preventive inoculation of such animals as have 

 been in contiguity with affected animals has been strongly recommended by 

 some. There is no doubt that immediate slaughter of all animals suffering 

 from this dread disease is necessary. In this connection two questions arise. 

 In the first place, is the flesh of such oxen fit for human food ? The answer is a 

 certain and simple negative. It should on no account be consumed. The 

 second question is. Should such animals as have been in contiguity also be 

 slaughtered? The answer to this query is that really they ought to be 

 slaughtered, in order that the disease may be stamped out as soon as possible; 

 but manifestly the pocket is intimately concerned in some of these cases, and 

 hence the decision cannot but be a very difiicult one. We believe, however, 

 that the Government has already passed, or, is about to pass, a measure 

 directing that compensation may be allowed in certain instances when it is found 



