a68 THE FARM DOCTOR. 



Treatment. — Give a saline or oleaginous laxative, and follow 

 up with acetate of potassa or other alkaline agents in the 

 drinking water. If there are signs of disordered liver give 

 small doses of podophyllin to keep the bowels slightly relaxed ; 

 if debility, bitter tonics. A restricted non-stimulating diet 

 (herbivora, mashes, roots, etc. ; carnivora, bread and milk, 

 oatmeal porridge, etc.), pure air, cleanliness, and skin washes 

 of carbonate of soda or potassa containing a few drops of 

 carbolic acid will prove valuable. In dogs this last agent 

 should be omitted. 



In all forms of chronic and inveterate eczema the scabs 

 should be soaked in oil for a few hours and removed by 

 washing, after which more stimulating applications may be 

 resorted to : — Ointments of sulphur, iodine, iodide of sulphur, 

 sulphuret of potassium, mercury, nitrate of mercury, etc., with or 

 without alkalies. In some cases a few drops of oil of vitriol in 

 a quart of water will much relieve the itching and pain. In 

 others the same end must be sought by adding prussic acid or 

 cyanide of potassium in small amount, great care being taken to 

 prevent the patient from licking it. Internally, use supersedents 

 — arsenic, with or without iodide and bromide of potassium; or 

 small doses of Dunovan's solution may be resorted to in bad 

 cases. 



INFLAMMATION WITH PUSTULES. 



This differs from vesicles in this, that the elevations on the 

 skin have the scarfskin raised by the formation below it of a 

 white, purulent matter, in place of clear liquid. The prominent 

 forms are those with large pustules (ecthyma), and those with 

 small (impetigo). The hair stands erect, and scabs form on the 

 surface covering the sores, especially after rubbing. Even if 

 not rubbed they dry up in scabs which soon fall off. 



Horses suffer mainly at the root of the mane, on the neck, 

 the rump, and on the Hps and face, especklly if white ; cattle 

 and sheep, especially the young, are attacked on the lips and 



