Jaundice of the New-Boru. 485 



Lesions. The jaundiced appearance of the conjunctiva and 

 other tissues is constant. The heart is pale, soft and flaccid, 

 with petechial patches of a deep red extending into the muscular 

 substance ; the lungs are congested with similar patches of blood- 

 staining ; the blood in the heart and larger vessels is dark, and 

 fluid or only loosely clotted. The liver is congested to twice or 

 thrice its normal size (10 lbs. in place of 3 or 4 lbs.); the spleen 

 is enlarged, softened, and shows spots of brownish yellow. The 

 small intestine contains a yellowish or dark red meconium, and 

 it may contain effusions of dark blood, while its mucosa is in- 

 flamed, thickened, easily lacerated, and pigmented, or marked 

 by petechial. The large intestines and especially the rectum are 

 packed with hard dry balls. 



The kidneys are enlarged, often to double their volume, and 

 deeply congested, with infarcts, and patches of necrosis, of a 

 pale brownish yellow hue. The urine in the bladder is deeply 

 stained with blood coloring matter. 



Treatment. For congenital cases it is manifest that treatment 

 must be preventive and applied to the dam, before parturition. 

 An open air life, moderate exercise, sound, easily digestible and 

 nourishing food ; grooming ; in the stable, cleanliness, dryness 

 and good ventilation ; good water, are essential. 



For the offspring, antiseptics (tannin, mercuric chloride 

 lotion, tincture of iodine, copperas, calomel, iodoform), applied 

 to the navel, and protection against cold winds and rains, and 

 damp lairs. For mules and other young animals born in severe, 

 winter weather a dry, warm, foaling box is desirable, and the 

 little animal should be rubbed dry and covered with a warm 

 woolen blanket. When the temperature approaches zero or the 

 barn is cold, the smaller animals, as soon as they are dropped, 

 should be placed under a box with a jar of hot water wrapped in 

 woolen coverings, or with hot bricks similarly wrapped, and 

 should only be let out for food when they are completely dried, 

 or when the weather is moderated. 



Therapeutic treatment may be commenced by a dose of aloes 

 given to the dam, or of olive or castor oil or manna given to the 

 offspring. As a substitute sulphate of soda may be used. 

 Antiseptics like salicylate of soda, salol, or the sulphites may be 

 added. To act as a demulcent on the alimentary and urinary 



