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gradually surrounds the wliole limb, continues on downward until it 

 reaches the foot. The limb is excessively tender to the touch, the 

 animal perspires, the breathing is accelerated, pulse hard and quick, 

 and the temjDerature may reach 100^ Fah. The bowels early become 

 constipated, and the urine scant}'. The sj'mptoms usually are on the 

 increase for about two days, then they remain stationary for the same 

 length of time; the fever tlien abates; the swelling recedes and 

 becomes less j)ainful. It is very seldom, though, that all the swelling 

 leaves the leg; generally it leaves some permanent enlargement, and 

 the animal becomes subject to recurrent attacks. Occasionally, the 

 inguinal Ij-miahatic glands (in the groin) undergo sui^i^uration, and 

 pyajmia may supervene and prove fatal. In severe cases the limb 

 becomes denuded of hair in i)atches, the skin remains indurated with 

 a fibrous growth, which is known by the name of elephantiasis. 



Treatment. — Fomentations with vinegar and water, equal parts, to 

 which add 2 ounces of nitrate of potassa for each gallon. This should 

 be applied every ten or fifteen minutes for six or eight hours, then 

 the leg ma}^ be dried with a woolen cloth and bathed with cami^horated 

 soap liniment. Internall}^, administer tincture of digitalis and aconite 

 root, equal parts of each, 30 drops everj^ hour until the fever and pulse 

 become reduced. Half-ounce doses of nitrate of potassa in the drink- 

 ing-water every six hours, bran mashes, and complete rest. This 

 treatment, if instituted early in the attack, very frequently brings 

 about a remarkable change within twenty-four hours. 



