Treatment of Epizooty, 111 



Or, 



No. 61. Iodine, 



Iodide of potash, 



Camphor, 



Extract of belladonna, each J drachm. 



This is highly spoken of by Mr. Finlay Dun to allay the 

 epizootic cough, sore throat and catarrh. A similar com- 

 pound is: — 



No. 62. Iodine, 20 grains. 



Iodide of potassium, 1 drachm. 



Sweet spirits of nitre, 2 oz. 



Water gruel, 1 pint. 



For one dose two or three times a day. 



Recovery should begin after four or five days, but for 

 weeks afterwards the horse must be given little or no work, 

 as in very many cases a too early return to labor has led to 

 fatal relapses. 



During the disease a stimulating and soothing draught 

 may be prepared as follows ; — 



No. 63. Powdered camphor. 



Carbonate of ammonia, each 2 drachms. 

 Sulphuric ether, 1 oz. 



Give in a pint of cold ale or beer, two or three times a day. 



Or, 



No. 64. Sweet spirits of nitre. 



Solution of acetate of ammonia, each 2 oz. 

 Extract of belladonna, 1 drachm. 



Give in a pint of water as a stimulant and anodyne draught. 



Mr. Finlay Dun says that in the roaring, noisy respiration 

 which accompanies some forms of epizootic sore throat, no 

 medicine gives such immediate relief as the subcutaneous 

 injection of belladonna or atropia. For the spasmodic cough 

 which often follows the attack, the same writer recom- 

 mends : — 



No. 65. Chloroform, 1 drachm. 



Alcohol, 10 drachms. 



Extract of belladonna, 1 drachm. 



Give in a pint of cold linseed gruel, and let it be swallowed very 

 slowly, so as to insure more prolonged local effect. 



