198 GEEASE. — CHAPPED HEELS. 



If the animal be large in size, give six or seven drachms 

 of Barbadoes Aloes, combined T^ith one or two drachms of 

 powdered G-entian, made into a ball with Palm Oil. For 

 instructions with respect to the preparation of the patient for 

 the purgative, and the proper treatment of the animal after- 

 wards, the reader is referred to pages 75, 76, and 77. 



Aesenictjm and Nux Vomica are valuable remedies to 

 administer when the stomach is disordered and the general 

 health of the animal indifferent. Arsenic is an indispensable 

 remedy in almost every form of skin disease. Give it in 

 2-drachm doses of the 3rd dilution, and repeat it night and 

 morning ; or use it in alternation with Nux Vomica of the 2nd 

 dilution, in 2-drachm doses. 



MiJEiATic Acid frequently proves valuable if given when 

 the skin is dry and scurfy, and the appetite indifferent. Give 

 drachm doses of the strong acid in a pint of cold water, night 

 and morning. 



SiJLPHTJE is frequently necessary to administer during the 

 convalescent stage. Give it in drachm doses of the 1st tritu- 

 ration, either alone or in alternation with Thuja of the 1st 

 dilution, in 2-drachm doses. 



Diet. — The diet of a patient severely affected with Grease 

 in any of its forms is a matter of considerable importance. 

 Shoidd the animal be fed with food, the like of which he may 

 have partaken of for years, as grains, or beans, or bean flour, 

 the withdrawal of such food, for some time at least, is essential 

 to the cure. Carrots and boiled barley may be allowed, and 

 a little malt. The animal should be fed with a liberal diet, 

 and only in small quantities at a time. If the season be 

 proper, allowing the patient to run a few weeks at grass would, 

 in all probability, prove very advantageous. 



