720 THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE OX. 



Lotions — 



(1.) Sulphurous acid, one fluid drachm. 



Glycerine, three fluid drachms. 

 (2.) Perchloride of mercury, one part. 



Water, five hundred parts. 

 (3.) Acetum cantharidum. 



RINGWORM, FAVUS HONEYCOMB (ACHORION SCHONLEINII). 

 The same treatment as that for the ordinary ringworm given above. 



SCARLATINA. 



Draught — 



Solution of acetate of ammonium, four fluid ounces. 

 Spirit of nitrous ether, one fluid ounce. 

 Bicarbonate of potassium, half an ounce. 

 Water sufficient to make eight fluid ounces. 

 This draught may be given thrice daily. 



SCOUR OR SKIT. See Diarkh(ea. 



SCROFULA. 



Draught — 



Phosphate of lime, two drachms. 

 Sulphate of iron, one drachm. 

 Gentian, one and a half ounces. 

 This draught may be given in warm water twice daily. 



SORE TEATS. 



Ointment of boric acid. 

 Melt four parts of soft paraffin and two parts of hard paraffin together, and 

 add one part of boric acid in fine powder, distributing it over the surface of the 

 liquid by passing it through a sieve. Then keep on stirring the mixture until 

 it is cold. This ointment is wonderfully efficacious. 



SPLENIC APOPLEXY, OR SPLENIC FEVER. See Anthbax. 

 Draught — 



Sulphite of sodium, three drachms. 

 Salicylate of sodium, three drachms. 

 Water, half to one pint. 

 This draught may be given every four hours. 



SPRAINS. 



In the early stages a cooling lotion is useful, and for a suitable formula the 

 following may be taken : — 



Solution of subacetate of lead, one fluid ounce. 

 Methylated spirit, two fluid ounces. 



Water sufficient to make sixteen fluid ounces : or see Cooling 

 Lotions. 

 In the later stages it is advisable to apply a stimulating embrocation or some 

 suitable counter-irritant. 



STINGS. 



Lotion — 



Carbolic acid, one fluid part. 

 Glycerine, one fluid part. 



