30 General Principles of Veterinary Medicine, 



No. 4. Common salt, 2 lbs. 



Oil of vitriol, 1 pint. 



Pour the oil of vitriol slowly in the salt, and muriatic gas will be 

 evolved, which is a powerful disinfectant. Recommended bj the 

 Cattle Plague Commission. 



What are known as the " disinfecting powders/' Avhich 

 are preparations of carbolic acid by McDougall, Calvert and 

 other makers, are sprinkled daily throughout the extensive 

 stables in London and Liverpool, at an annual cost of only 

 one dollar and a quarter for each horse. They keep the flies 

 away and the atmosphere pure. 



REST AND SLEEP 



Are great restoratives to the exhausted system. Hence the 

 attendant on the sick animal should be careful to secure 

 these. Horses are nervous creatures, and cannot sleep sound- 

 ly w^here there is much noise. When sick, no one should be 

 allowed to walk about on a floor overhead, especially at 

 night ; the stall should be darkened, and the crowd of pas- 

 sing visitors which generally collects, should promptly be 

 dispersed. 



Especially is this true of all diseases of the brain and ner- 

 vous system ; to such a degree, indeed, that the prescription 

 in tetanus (lockjaw) of an eminent veterinarian is for the 

 owner of the animal to lock the stable door, put the key in 

 his pocket, and not approach the place again for three days. 



This general rest is to be carried further, to rest of the 

 part which is diseased. If the digestive organs are inflamed 

 the simplest and blandest food and not much of that is to be 

 allowed ; purgatives are to be w^ithheld as only adding fuel 

 to the flames. If the eye or the foot is inflamed, shading 

 from the li^ht is demanded in the first, and entire freedom 

 from motion in the second case. But when acute disease haa 



