108 SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



small swellings as from knee knocking or interfering, small splints 

 in the early stages, capped hock and curbs ; used as a mild stimu- 

 lant and resolvent for chronic synovitis, bursal enlargements, and 

 thickening of the periosteum. This thickening of Periosteum may 

 occur from any cause, as sore shins, etc. The tincture can be 

 used as a counter-irritant for sore throat or lungs in consolidation 

 if circumscribed, in dogs ; used to stimulate the growth of hair and 

 prevent scars, as where a horse falls and skins the knee, heal them 

 very slowly under a salve instead of powder, and as quickly as 

 new tissue forms paint the edges with tincture of iodine, or after 

 a blister, paint the bald spots, and this will stimulate the hair bulbs. 

 Used to stimulate slow healing sores or ulcers, the " tincture 

 should be painted around the edges. 



The tincture is also injected into cysts and abscesses, as shoe 

 boils, capped hock, thoroughpin and other bursal enlargements, 

 it promotes adhesion of the walls. 



For so-called cold abscesses on horses' shoulders, which 

 spring up very quickly, in which you find a small pus pocket, take 

 a long scalpel and open to the pocket, after opening inject tincture 

 of iodine into it once or twice daily ; afterward plug up the open- 

 ing with oakum, also blister the surface. The same treatment is 

 used in shoe boils, capped hock, etc. The iodine acts by setting up 

 an inflammatory process and stimulates healthy granulation. Can 

 be used in persistent cases of mange or other forms of eczema and 

 psoriasis or ring worms ; for these diseases the tincture or an 

 aqueous solution can be used if it is localized. For large surfaces 

 as in mange the following may be used. 



Iodine 2 parts, pot. iod. 1 part, tar-oil 4 parts, to 32 parts of 

 lard; this can be safely applied over a large surface. Used in 

 dropsical conditions as ascites in dogs, the fluid is aspirated out of 

 the abdominal cavity and then use resublimed iodine 1 dr. pot. 

 iod. 1 dr. to 1 pint of hot water and inject into the abdominal 

 cavity, then aspirate out and give pot. iod. internally, alternated 

 with iron and other tonics. The same treatment can be used for 

 horses with hydrothorax. 



For enlarged Knees, that is such conditions as come under 

 the general term "Dropsy of the Knee," due to horses falling on 

 them, causing unsightly enlargements, due to the parts filling' 



