114: VETERINAKY MEDICINE AND SURGEKY. 



flammation of the muscles. It is said post-mortem examinations have 

 shown that the nerves leading from the injured parts present some signs 

 of inflammation. 



Bleeding, aconite, opium, and such reducing remedies seldom have 

 any good effect. Blisters applied down the line of the spine likewise do 

 harm, inasmuch as they increase the general irritability, and tendency 

 to spasms. 



The exciting cause should be sought for. If it is a wound of the 

 foot, the offending substance must be removed and the opening enlarged 

 to give free passage for the pus which has accumulated and will do so. 

 It is good practice to pare down the sole of the hoof quite thin about 

 the hole, in order to render it still easier for the pus to escape. Apply a 

 poultice of : 



Ground flaxseed, 



Warm water aa sufficient. 



Laudanum or belladonna may be added to this poultice with advantage. 

 The medicinal agents that have been used in the treatment of tetanus 

 are numerous: purgatives, opium, tobacco. Calabar bean, woorara, prussic 

 acid, calomel, chloroform, belladonna, hyoscyamus, cannabis indica, 

 arsenic, chloral hydrate, etc. It is considered advisable to give at first a 

 purgative if it can be done ithout exciting the horse. 



Powdered aloes 3 vi. 



Ground flaxseed, 



Molasses aa sufficient 



To make one ball. 



If the animal shows symptoms of excitement give 



Extract belladonna , 3 iv. 



This may be smeared on the animal's teeth or tongue and will be 

 licked off and swallowed. 



The calabar bean, given in doses of two to four ounces of the tincture, 

 has a most wonderful effect upon the spasms, the pulse, and the breath- 

 ing; but this effect is very transient, and is succeeded by a return of the 

 spasms with great severity. The seat of the wound is from time to time 



