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In the local form there will be slight ewelling of the cords, and redness 

 in white skins. The lymphatic glands will be enlarged along their course, 

 and become nodular or knotty. There will be pasty swellings of the 

 parts, and even erysipelas. 



What to do. — Give rest, and a purge of aloes as recommended for th© 

 chronic state. Wash the diseased limb with the following : 



No. 144. Ji Drachm opium, 



1 Drachm acetate of lead, 

 1 Drachm carbolic acid, 

 1 Quart rainwater. 



In case of excessive inflammation, poultice with flax seed or bread and 

 milk to hasten suppuration. Open the suppurating parts to let out the 

 matter, and dress with the carbolic solution as in the other form of the 

 disease. ^ 



IX. Scarlatina. 



Causes. — This disease, called also scarlet fever, is not considered 

 contagious in its milder forms, but in a malignant stage it would doubt- 

 \ess be as much so as the same disease in the human family. It is 

 Jometimes regarded as but a mild form of acute anasarca, and not 

 entitled to be treated as a distinct affection ; but we cannot dwell upon 

 the niceties of classification, and where the necessities of the case (the 

 knowledge requisite for treating certain manifestations of disease success- 

 fully) are met, it is not important that we should. 



It generally follows influenza and other affections of the respiratory 

 organs ; and may be justly said to have its origin in colds, and in some 

 cases, perhaps, in the breathing of vitiated air in close, dark, ill-ventilated 

 stables. 



How to know it. — The patient exhibits great thirst, with a failing 

 appetite, and e\ident weakness. He is more or less unsteady in his gait ; 

 his breath is hot and stinking, and all the limbs are swollen. But the 

 most unmistakable sigrns are elevated blotches on the skin about the neck 

 and fore limbs, and scarlet spots, of variable size, on the membranes 

 within the nostrils. 



What to do. — First, remove the animal from its fellows, for fear the 

 disease may develop into that putrid form which is found so contagious 

 among children, and prove infectious. Give an occasional watery bran 

 mash to keep the bowels open and allay fever. If this is not found 

 sufficiently laxative, give a dose of Epsom salts, or linseed oil. Guard 

 against too active and violent purgatives, Mix three oimces liquor acetate 



