Inflammation and Fever. ^5 



frigerant diuretics resorted to. Acetate of ammonia or po- 

 tassa, nitre, tartrate of potassa, carbonates of potassa or 

 soda, may be used along with sedatives. 



/Sedatives. Of the sedatives, aconite, bromide of potas- 

 sium, veratrum, hyoscyamus, or chloral hydrate may be 

 used according to the special indications. As an example 

 the following may be prescribed for the horse : ^ . Nitrate 

 of potassa, two ounces; bromide of potassium, one ounce. 

 Mix. Divide into eight powders. Give one every six 

 hours. 



Alkalies: Resolvents. When the organ inflamed is a 

 serous membrane in which dangerous adhesions or other 

 functional disorders are likely to occur from newly formed 

 false membranes, their formation should be counteracted as 

 far as possible by the free use of alkalies (carbonates of 

 soda, potash, or ammonia, nitre, iodide of potassium, muri- 

 ate of ammonia, etc.), and in the same conditions excessive 

 effusion should be controlled by free action on the kidneys. 



Tonic Refrigerants. Later, when both inflammation 

 and fever have been somewhat reduced, temperature, breath- 

 ing, and pulse rendered more moderate, eye clearer, and 

 even appetite perhaps slightly improved, the sedatives may 

 give place to refrigerating tonics, such as mineral acids 

 (nitric, muriatic, sulphuric, or phosphoric), in combination 

 with bitters (quassia, cascarilla, calumba, gentian, salicin), 

 without as yet the suspension of refrigerant diuretics. Thus 

 for the horse the following : 5 • Pharmaceutical nitric acid, 

 two drams ; infusion of gentian, ten ounces ; niti-ate of 

 potassa, two ounces. Dissolve. Give one ounce eveiy six 

 hours. Of the newer refrigerants antipyrin is one of the 

 safest and best. 



In Convalescence. When convalescence has fairly set in, 

 the fever has subsided, and there remains merely some de- 

 bility with a remnant of the inflammatory exudation to be 

 removed or organized into tissue, or when an abscess haa 



