360 THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF 



their appetites were not so good as usual, and he merely con- 

 sulted me for the purpose of ascertaining what could be done 

 for the thyroid tumors. On making careful examination of 

 both animals, there was very little of abnormal action to be 

 perceived, either internally or externally ; the pulse was regu- 

 lar ; respirations normal ; the surface of the body comfortably 

 warm ; coat, glossy ; nothing unusual about the fasces nor urine ; 

 and all I cguld say about the cases was, that they were mild 

 forms of hypertrophy of the thyroid glands — enlargement 

 without change of structure. The tumor, in one animal, occu- 

 pied the right side of the thyroid region ; in the other, it was 

 found in the left ; both immovaible, yet having no morbid adhe- 

 sions to skin nor sub-tissue. 



Treatment of the above Cases., — The owner being unwilling 

 to incur the expense of professional attention, and desiring to 

 treat them himself, under advice, I accordingly prescribed as 

 follows : — 



Each animal to have daily ten grains of iodide of potassium 

 in half a gill of water. The tumor to be anointed daily with a 

 portion of the following : — 



Simple Ointment, 2 ounces. 



Iodide of Potassium, 2 drachma. Mix. 



During a period of seven days each animal got seventy grains 

 of iodide of potassium, and by inunction received one di:achm 

 each. 



According to the testimony of Mr. Humphrey, the remedy 

 was effective ; for at the end of two weeks the tumors Kad dis- 

 appeared, and the animals were on the high road to health. 



ANALYSES OF COWS' MILK. 



The following analyses of cows* milk was made by a scientific 

 chemist, for a report lately made by the Academy of Medicine 

 in the City of New York. It would seem, by this table, that 

 the variation in quality between summer and winter milk is not 

 so great as might have been expected. 



