486 VETERINARY SURGICAL THERAPEUTICS, 
seemed to have played a prominent part in several cases that I have 
observed in dogs and goats.’ (Trasbot.) 
The prophylaxy is. indicated by the consideration of those etiological 
conditions. The hygiene and the good quality of the food should be- 
watched. A diet as rich as possible should be prescribed. To palliate 
the insufficiency in the proportion of phosphate of lime, a greater quantity 
of grain should be given in each ration. If diarrhoea occurs, the ordinary: 
treatment is indicated. 
The curative treatment is complicated. It is proper to prescribe the- 
soluble preparations of lime, specially the chlorhydro-phosphate or the: 
lacto-phosphate. In syrup shape, these preparations are. given in doses. 
of two or three tablespoons a day for a dog of middle size. As adjunct, 
bone dust, in two or three tablespoons according to cases, should be given.. 
But Springer has shown that- mineral substances, to be utilized by the- 
organism, must be combined with the treatment. Phosphate of lime 
obtained from the mineral kingdom, as well as the phosphates of bones,. 
can not be absorbed; they can be found entire in the feces. The 
author advises a decoction of cereals of which he gives the formula:. 
Place in four litres of water, two tablespoonfuls of each of the following: 
wheat, oats, barley, rye, bran, corn; boil them for three hours, filter and. 
add water to make a litre.’ This decoction may be used for all animals, 
specially for dogs. For ‘herbivora it is better to give the grains in 
nature. Since Bretonneau, cod-liver oil has been recommended by nu- 
merous practitioners ; it is an analeptic tonic containing iodine and phos- “ 
phorus, In dogs, the dose is one or two tablespoonfuls aday. Kassowitz 
has recommended phosphorus (1 milligram a day for dogs, 1 to 5 centi- 
grams for large size colts.) It could be given dissolved in sweet or cod-* 
liver oil: 
Cod-liver Oil...... ee cece eee ee eee 100 gramme. 
Phosphorus............ irae wasiansleraeal ins I centigramme. 
All that can brace the appetite and stimulate nutrition must be used, © 
Iron-tonics, quinine, gentian, are to be recommended. Salt is very good. 
for sheep and calves. 
L. Lafosse advocated blistering applications upon the swelling of the 
head and irritating frictions (alcohol and spirits of turpentine) on the 
legs. To prevent the deformity of the bones of the legs, he also advised, 
at the beginning of the disease, the application of splints or plasters. The 
general treatment is far the most important. 
When improvement begins, the lame patient gets up more willingly and 
walks,the appetite returns ; the bones that were flexible, harden, but remaim 
1 Springer, Semaine Medicale, 1894, p. 393. 
