268 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



Treatment. Give a saline or oleagiaous laxative, and 

 follow up with acetate of potassa or other alkaliae agents 

 in the drinking water. If there are signs of disordered 

 liver give small doses of podophyllin to keep the bowels 

 slightly relaxed; if debility, bitter tonics. A restricted 

 non-stimulating diet, (herbivora, mashes, roots, etc.; car- 

 iiivora, bread and mUk, oatmeal porridge, etc.,) pure air, 

 cleanliness and skin washes of carbonate of soda or 

 potassa contaiaing a few drops of carbolic acid will prove 

 valuable. -In dogs this last agent should be omitted. 



In all forms of chronic and inveterate eczema the scabs 

 should be soaked in oil for a few hours and removed by 

 washing, after which more stimulating applications may 

 be resorted to : — ointments of sulphur, iodine, iodide 

 of sulphur, sulphuret of potassium, mercury, nitrate of 

 mercury, etc., with or without alkahes. In some cases a 

 few drops of oil of vitriol in a quart of water, will much 

 relieve the itching and pain. In others the same end 

 must be sought by adding prussic acid or cyanide of 

 potassium iu small amount, great care being taken to 

 prevent the patient from licking it. Internally, use su- 

 persedents— arsenic, with or without iodide and bromide 

 of potassium ; or small doses of Dunovan's solution may 

 be resorted to in bad cases. 



INFLAMMATION WITH PUSTULES. 



This differs from vesicles in this, that the elevations on 

 the skin have the scarfskin raised by the formation below 

 it of a white, purulent matter, in place of clear liquid. 

 The prominent forms are those with large pustules (ec- 

 iliyma), and those with small (impetigo). The hair stands 

 erect, and scabs form on the surface covering the sores, 

 especially after rubbing. Even if not rubbed they dry up 

 in scabs which soon fall off. 



Horses suffer mainly at the root of the mane, on the 

 neck, the rump, and on the hps and face, especially U 

 vvhite; cattle and sheep, especially the young, are at- 



