158 SPECIAL EQUINE THERAPY 



action is very gratifying. The wound should not be mo- 

 lested further than to provide drainage, and an appli- 

 cation once or twice daily of the ether-iodin solution. 



Every practical means must be used to keep the pa- 

 tient eating. The nux vomica, when given oraUy, plays 

 no small part in this. The animal should have warm 

 quarters and should not be subjected to unnecessary ex- 

 citement. A good nurse is more than valuable. Under 

 this treatment, with the addition of good nursing, even 

 serious cases of septicemia are well on the road to recov- 

 ery in a week. 



After-treatment, consisting of administering Fowler's 

 solution of arsenic, or the elixir of iron, quinin and 

 strychnin phosphate, may be indicated. 



During the time that the disease is active the patient 

 must be confined in a single stall, and should not be 

 moved out of this stall under any consideration until the 

 disease has been conquered so far that the animal is 

 again eating normally, and the swelling is receding. The 

 animal may then be turned into a box stall. If no box 

 stall is to be had the patient should be carefuUy led at 

 the halter, walking not over half a block the first time 

 out. The amount of exercise is then gradually to be in- 

 creased. This is a very important point in the favorable 

 termination of a case of this kind. 



In cases in which the immense swelling involves the 

 under side of the abdomen and the sheath, a degree of 

 paraphimosis may result. This rarely requires any spe- 

 cial attention. The swelling and consequent protrusion 

 of the organ does not remain long enough to be of any 

 moment. As soon as the case has reached the stage in 

 which exercise may be given, the swelling leaves, and 

 the paraphimosis corrects itself. If the paraphimosis 

 really becomes serious, the sheath may be scarified and 

 the penis supported with appropriate bandages. 



