DISEASES OP HORSES AND CATTLE. 135 



purpose we will only separate the ones which re- 

 quire a different treatment. 



The word Eczema is applied to a number of dis- 

 eases. We will apply it to a disease characterized 

 by a redness, followed by the surface of the skin 

 presenting a number of little vesicles or blisters, 

 from which exudes an acrid fluid, which concretes 

 on the hair in a yellow crust, and in some cases the 

 hair drops out. A peculiarity of this form of dis- 

 ease is that it is recurrent, and in this way it may 

 last for a long time if not remedied. In some cases 

 the skin may crack, and in others it may lead to a 

 thickening. 



Treatment: In the early stage give the animal 

 a physic: Aloes one ounce, ginger one ounce, soda 

 carbonate one ounce, dissolve in half a pint of boil- 

 ing water, then add half a pint of cold 

 water, and give at one dose. For cattle give 

 from one to one and one-half pounds Epsom salts, 

 and one ounce ground ginger dissolved in half a 

 gallon of water, at one dose. Follow this with sul- 

 phate of iron four ounces, nitrate of potass, four 

 ounces, divide into twenty-four doses, one to be 

 given in a small mash of bran twice daily. Wash 

 the skin with one ounce of carbonate of potassium 

 dissolved in a quart of water; rub this well in; then 

 use warm water to wash it off. Keep the animal 

 warm until dry. If there is much itching wash the 

 itchy parts with acetate of lead half an ounce, 

 tincture of opium two ounces, water one quart. For 

 chronic cases give one ounce of Fowler's solution 

 of arsenic in a bran mash and continue it for a 



