LYMPHANGITIS. 9 1 



remedy recommended by him should not be left out of a work of 

 this sort. 



lodium, 2X. — We have found considerable advantage accrue 

 from the use of this remedy, and were indebted for the suggestion 

 that prompted us to give it a trial to Dr. Richard Hughes' PJiarm- 

 acodynamics; in the article upon this drug, Dr. Hughes quotes 

 from an observation of Dr. Herbert Nankivell, "that Iodine 

 enables fatty food to be digested which otherwise could not be 

 given;" Dr. Hughes also directs attention to the specificity of this 

 agent in its capabilit}- to influence the coats of blood vessels at 

 certain points, as was proved by Dr. Thin at a post mortem; upon 

 these grounds we were induced to experimentize, and the result 

 was eminently satisfactory. 



Undoubtedl}^ lymphangitis is a rather refractory disease and 

 is very liable to recur, moreover its treatment has caused us very 

 considerable anxiety and no little annoyance by reason of the 

 persistence with which it resisted our various attempts at cure. 



lyocal applications are desirable and very helpful if only to 

 alleviate immediate pain; our plan to invoke the aid of moist heat 

 to allay the inflammatory swelling has been followed with marked 

 success in some cases, while in others it was not so self-evident; 

 we, however, account for some failures on the ground of inefficient 

 application, and to the fact that some horses are so persistently 

 fidgety that the}' will continually renew their efforts to shake off 

 the application; our plan has been the common one of binding the 

 leg from bottom to top with a soft hay bandage, and thereafter 

 frequently applying water, as hot as can be borne by the naked 

 hand; after this has been continued for some hours, the hay 

 bandage should be taken off, the leg rubbed dry and a broad 

 flannel bandage lightly applied as high up the leg as possible, and 

 if the swelling is not reduced the hot fomentations must be re- 

 peated as before. 



With respect to diet, the horse should have light digestible food 

 including the artificial grasses and linseed boiled to jelly. Alco- 

 holic stimulants should be avoided. If the swelling of the leg 

 does not yield to treatment, then when administering Iodine inter- 

 nally an ointment of the same may be applied locally with gentle 

 friction once a day. Exercise must be postponed until the swell- 

 ing and tenderness are reduced. 



