158 Diseases of the Horse, 



In the second or hot stage, bleeding is often performed, but 

 it does no good and often is an injury. It is better treatment 

 to foment the limb well with cloths wrung out in hot water, 

 to keep the bowels loose, and give as a drink an ounce of 

 saltpetre in a gallon of water two or three times a day. As 

 soon as abscesses form, they must be freely opened with a 

 sharp knife and dressed with cloths wrung out with carbolic 

 acid water (an ounce of acid to the pint). 



In the condition called " thick leg,'' which results from 

 numerous attacks of weed, some veterinarians give large doses 

 of veratrum viride. But this only succeeds where the swel- 

 ling is largely dropsical and not in true weed. This is best 

 managed by repeated rubbings with iodine ointment, by 

 moderate diuretics and by alteratives, as : — 



No. 160. Powdered resin, 



Nitre, each ^ oz. 



Oil of juniper, 10 drops. 



Mix for a ball and give once a day. 



Or with a tonic added : — 



No. 161. Sulphate of iron, 2 drachms. 



Cream of tartar, 

 Flour of sulphur, each J oz. 



This in a ball or drench twice a day. 

 A stimulating mercurial ointment appropriate in such cases 



is 



No. 162. Red iodide of mercury, 1 drachm. 



Lard, 2 oz. 



A piece the size of a walnut to be rubbed into the swellings every day. 



