184 Diseases of the Horse. 



nitrate of silver, with dilute nitric acid, or dressed with resin 



cerate, or the following : — 



No 199. Iodide of mtrcurv, 1 drachm. 



Lard, 1 oz. 



To use as a dressing spread on soft leather or linen. 



No. 200. Creasote, 1 or 2 parts. 



Lard, 8 parts. 



Use as the last. 



Tonics are quite important in these cases, to hasten the 



healing of the ulcers and improve the general strength, as : — 



No. 201. Sulphate of iron, 



Ginger, each 4 oz. 



Mix with enough common mass to make ten balls, and give one twice 

 a day. 



Cod-liver oil internally, in doses of 3 or 4 ounces, also 

 greatly aids in convalescence. Many sluggish cases are owing 

 to a scrofulous taint in the system, according to Prof. Gam- 

 gee, and for such nothing could be better than — 



No. 202. Cod-liver oil, 2 oz. 



Iodine, 20 grains. 



Mix with a pint of fresh milk and give on an empty stomach, twice a 

 day. 



One of the late writers on this disease, Mr. George Armi- 

 tage (in the Highland Sac, Agric. Report, 1878), justly says 

 that the whole treatment consists " in the production of the 

 discharge of the abscess.^' It is possible, by biniodide of 

 mercury ointment, to disperse it. But nearly always this is 

 followed by the sudden death of the animal, through some 

 obscure form of blood poisoning. It would appear that there 

 is some specific poison which requires to find an exit from 

 the body by the discharge of the contents of the abscess ex- 

 ternally. 



