NON-CONTAGIOUS BLOOD DISEASES. 747 



Treatment. — Give an active cathartic. 



Epeom salts 16 to 24 oz. 



Calomel 1 or 2 dr. 



Croton oil 15 or 20 drops. 



Ginger 1 oz. 



Gentian *..... 1 oz. 



Administer with plenty of fluid. 



A pyit of linseed oil, with or without one ounce of turpentine, 

 may be better suited to some cases. Various astringents have been 

 used with decided advantage, among them the following : — 



Sulphuric acid.. 1 to 2 dr. 



Tincture of cardamoms 2 oz. 



Infusion of quassia } pt. 



Water 1} pt. 



Mix, and administer morning and evening. As soon as the bowels 

 will admit, and the urine is corrected, give the following astringent 

 tonic: — 



• Chlorate of potash '. , .J oz. 



Tincture of chloride of iron .} oz. 



Mix in a pint of gruel, for a dose, and repeat twice a day. Or half 

 an ounce of sulphate of iron (copperas) may be added to the sul- 

 phuric acid mixture. The animal should have a generous and 

 healthful diet, clean water, a well-drained pasture for grazing, and 

 dry, comfortable shelter in stable or shed. 



SEPTICEMIA AND PYAEMIA. 



These diseases will be considered together, although they differ 

 in many particulars. The former results from the entry into the 

 blood of one of the organisms found in putrid solutions, or it may 

 supervene on poisonous wounds. It causes putrefactive changes in 

 the blood, from which gangrenous results and ^ collapse may follow. 

 These changes are accompanied with high fever. 



Pyaemia is absorption of pus into the blood, forming local deposits 

 in various parts of the body, under the skin, and in the internal 

 organs. Discover the cause, if possible, in either disease ; liberate 

 any pent-up pus, and inject cleansing, antiseptic solutions. Dress 

 any accessible wounds with half an ounce of carbolic acid in a pint 

 of water, and keep them clean. 



Give internally, three times a day, in a pint of gruel, with 

 nourishing diet, — 



Tincture muriate of iron , J oz. 



Chlorate of potash j oz. 



Powdered cinchona 1 oz. 



Two drams of iodide of potash, with two ounces of whiskey. 



