358 The farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



CONGESTION OF THE SKm. 



Simple redness, heat and tenderness with no dark color 

 nor eruption. This may coexist with aU the different 

 forms of inflammatory eruption according to the degree 

 of irritation at different points. 



It occurs: From clwfing, in the axUla, between the 

 thighs, in the heels or under the harness in hot weather ; 

 from chills after being luet, in the heels of horses and on the 

 teats of cows exposed to wet in winter ; from hardened mud 

 in the space between the hoofs in cattle, sheep and pigs ; 

 and from tlie sun's rays in white-faced or white-hmbed 

 animals. 



Treatment. If the surface is only tender, wash clean, 

 and apply a solution of table salt, sugar of lead (^ oz. to 

 1 qt.) or a Httle camphorated spirit. If the surface is 

 abraded (raw) use bland powders (oxide of zinc, starch, 

 lycopodium,) wool, collodion, glycerine 1 oz. aloes 20 

 grs., or, if it can be kept covered, sulphurous acid solution 

 and glycerine (equal parts), laxatives, diuretics or tonics 

 must be used according to the indications. It is all- 

 important to avoid further irritation. Light, well-fitting 

 harness must be used, and the stuffing taken out and the 

 part beaten down where necessary, to avoid pressure on a 

 sore. Zinc fittings to the top of the collar are often very 

 serviceable. So too, must exposure of affected heels to 

 damp or mud, and the wetting of teats in milking, be care- 

 fully avoided. Lotion, sugar of lead, opium, camphor. 



CONGESTION WITH SBIALL CONICAL PIMPLES. PAPULES. 



In this case there is an eruption of finely-pointed pim- 

 ples without any watery exudation or blister. It is usually 

 itchy and even painful, and by reason of rubbing may go 

 on to exudation with great thickening of the skin, bleeding, 

 scabs and open sores. Horses, especially, suffer in spring 

 and autumn at the time of shedding the coat, the eruption 

 often confining itself to the neck, shoulders and limbs. 

 On turning back the 1: air on parts which are itchy or sore, 



