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employed in this alternate manner. When benefit does not seem to fol- 

 low the use of the iron salt in conjunction with the potash compound, 

 when the local swellings do not give evidence of subsidence, the substi- 

 tution of the oil of turpentine for the former is advisable; the quantities 

 to be administered being from six to ten fluid drachms in combination 

 with linseed oil, good gruel, raw eggs, or a combination of the last two. 



In those cases where exhaustion and depression are great, and where 

 sufficient food is not being taken into the system, a steady but moderate 

 stimulation is indicated; this may be accomplished while the adminis- 

 tration of the medicines already mentioned is being carried out, and 

 alcoholic are to be preferred to the ammoniacal stimulants. 



If the head be much swollen, and there be a difficulty in breathing 

 from tumefaction of the nostrils, continuous cold sponging must be 

 ordered. The sponge may be dipped in cold water or in some weak 

 astringent solution — vinegar and water, or the terchloride of iron tinc- 

 ture, largely diluted; if the cold sponging fails to reduce the swelling, 

 warm may be substituted, particularly if the weather be very cold; but 

 beyond doing this to the head, I am of opinion that all other interfe- 

 rence does much mischief. 



The swellings are but the result of the condition of the blood, and 

 when the latter is restored to it^ normal standard, the swellings will dis- 

 appear. Indeed, an abatement of the swelling in one part of the body 

 is of ten succeeded by tumefaction in some other, and perhaps more im- 

 portant structure or organ. The swellings are generally metastatic, and 

 when they are confined to those parts of the body where they cannot en- 

 danger life, it is far better to leave them alone. They should not be 

 punctured. 



SCARLATINA. 



Synonym. — Scarlet fever. 



Definition. — A febrile disease, characterized by an eruption on the 

 skin, petecliial spots on the nose, soreness of the throat, and sometimes 

 suppuration in various parts of the body, particularly in the submaxillary 

 space. 



Unlike the scarlatina which attacks the humau being, it is a non- 

 contagious disease, generally attacking but one or two horses in a large 



