126 VETERINARY LECTURES 



The excoriation and ulceration round the top and between the digits 

 were in many cases very extensive, and so severe was the pain 

 that many died from sheer exhaustion. The treatment was clean dry 

 bedding, with drachm doses of chlorate of potash in the food night 

 and morning, for adult animals ; also dressing the feet with antiseptic 

 lotion, made with a weak solution of sulphate of zinc or sulphate of 

 copper and carbolic acid, which was sprayed over the feet with a 

 syringe twice a day. 



