ros DADD’S VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
the functions. Sometimes the throat is so badly affected that 
tracheotomy has to be resorted to. Now and then the tongue be- 
comes livid and swollen, so that the animal can not partake of 
food. In such cases the tongue may be freely swabbed with warm 
vinegar, until its volume is reduced. 
Treatment.—So soon as the disease is discovered, the animal 
should be put under the following treatment: 
No. 40. Fluid extract of bloodroot.........+6. 2 on. 
Fluid extract of buchu.......... eevee 4 OK, 
Fluid extract of ginger...........000- 3 oz. 
Mix. 
Give one ounce of this mixture night and morning, in about a 
gill of water. Should there appear to be any trouble with the 
throat, lubricate it, twice daily, with a portion of the following: 
No: 42) (Olive: Ol sicccinvsue-sieniesieee sles weenie’ 4 oz 
Camphor.......ccercoceveeseeeveess 1 oz 
ix. 
In preparing the above, it is best to pulverize the camphor, 
when it will dissolve more readily in the oil. A lotion must now 
be prepared, with which the whole surface of the body should be 
gponged daily. 
No. 42. Spirits of ammonia.......... eave aes ie 3 oz. 
Spirits of camphor....... Seip ace vexeceis outs 2 oz. 
Pulverized rock salt........ cece seeeee 6 oz. 
Rain-water...... cece cece cee oenece % pints 
Dissolve the salt in the water, allowing the impurities to settle; 
then add the clear liquor to the camphor and ammonia, previously 
mixed. 
It occasionally happens that the skin, in various parts of the 
body, cracks, and portions slough off. Should there be any appear- 
ance of the kind, discontinue the above lotion and substitute the 
following : 
No. 43. Pyroligneous acid. .....c00-eeeee 
Olive: Ollsccins cowie tees caw aac 
Every time the patient is watered, (say about three times per 
day,) half an ounce of hyposulphite of soda should be dissolved 
in the pail, Vegetables, also, are indicated, if they are to be had. 
I snould give tomatoes, sliced carrots, potatoes, and green grass. 
Blceding, purging, and all kinds of poisonous and sedative medi- 
eines are inadmissible. 
‘ equal parts. 
