44 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



CAUSTICS. 



BuTYR (chloride) of Antimony is certain for destroying 

 proud flesh, or othei-wdse unhealthy surface to which it 

 is applied ; and its destructive power is confined to the 

 surface. 



Lunar Caustic {nitrate of silver) is an excellent reme- 

 dy for proud flesh. Wet a stick and rub a little on the 

 part you would have aflfected by it. 



Burnt Alum is a good caustic for the destruction of 

 proud flesh. Sometimes it is not sufliciently powerful. 



Blue Vitriol, {sulphate of copper,) one ounce pow- 

 dered, and dissolved in a pint of water, forms a mild 

 caustic. The powder, sprinkled on the sore or wound, is 

 still stronger. 



DISINFECTANTS AND ANTI-PUTRE SCENTS. 



These are chloride of lime, plaster of Paris, charcoal, 

 and gum myrrh. 



Chloride of Lime. — After contagious or infectious 

 diseases in the cattle-house or stable, the walls, floor, and 

 furniture should be washed a few times with it, and then 

 the sound animals may return in safety. Applied to the 

 pudenda of the cow, that has aborted, it destroys that 

 peculiar odor which causes abortion in others, more effec- 

 tually than any other preparation. 



In'blain, foul in the foot, and sloughing ulcers of every 

 description, it removes the fetor, and if decomposition 

 has not proceeded too far, it gives a healthy surface to 

 the ulcers. Administered internally, in blain, in the ma- 

 lignant epidemic, and in diarrhoea and dysentery, it is 

 highly useful. In the last disease, it is very beneficial in 

 changing the nature of the discharge, depriving it of its 

 putridity and infection, and disposing the surface of the 

 intestines to take on a more healthy character. 



Half an ounce of the powder, dissolved in a gallon of 

 water, will give a solution of suflicient strength, both as 

 a disinfectant applied to the cow-house, and as an inter- 

 nal or external remedy applied to the animal. 



