188 . DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



will prevent it from injuring the coronet and heels. 

 Give the horse half-ounce doses of nitrate of potas- 

 sium three times a day in bran mash or drinking 

 water. If the leg is swollen above the pustules, 

 bathe it with acetate of lead, half an ounce; water, 

 one quart. It*is best not to use any medicine or 

 water on the pustular parts, as it will only delay 

 the progress of the disease. When the pustules 

 burst I have found great improvement by spraying 

 on the sores carbolic lotion (two drams to one pint 

 of water). Washing the parts, as is often done, 

 keeps the healing process back. Do not remove 

 any scabs that form. If the pustules should break 

 before there was any lard rubbed around the coro- 

 nets and heels, and they have not become sore, 

 wash off clean with soap and water and apply a 

 little carbolic lotion, and when the part dries rub 

 on the lard; be very careful about this, as it will 

 save the animal a great deal of pain and the owner 

 much trouble. If the sores are slow in healing 

 with the carbolic lotion and they have ceased dis- 

 charging, use a little oxide of zinc ointment; 

 strength, one ounce zinc oxide, vaseline two 

 ounces. If the mouth becomes the seat of the dis- 

 ease and the lips swell, it will be necessary to feed 

 the animal on soft food and bathe the lips with 

 a little lead lotion. If the throat or bronchial 

 tubes of the lungs, treat as recommended for lung 

 troubles. Keep the* animal in a comfortable, dry 

 place and give it aril the food and cold water it will 

 take. 



