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Disinfection or Sterilization. 



Of skin. See wounds. 



Of eye, irrigate with 2 per cent, boric acid solution. Tears act as normal 

 salt solution and prevent sepsis. 



Of horses' feet. Remove shoe, trim horn and paint with tincture of iodine. 



Of uterus, irrigate with 2 per cent, lysol solution. 



Of vagina, swab out with green soap and warm water and sterile gauze 

 and 2 per cent, lysol solution, or swab with % strength tincture of iodine 

 without washing. 



Dislocations. Luxations. 



Reduce by aid of anesthetics. After reduction, fix joint by plaster of 

 Paris splint for 10 days, and rest (in slings, if necessary). When splint not 

 possible, apply fly blister to secure rest of joint. 



Distemper in Dogs and Cats. 



A bacterial vaccine prepared from B. bronchisepticus is the surest mode 

 of prophylaxis if given a month before exposure. Three injections necessary. 

 In animals already exposed use antitoxic serum combined with bacterin. 



Treatment of the disease is most successful with an antitoxic serum com- 

 bined with a mixed bacterin of B. bronchisepticus and pus cocci, sodium 

 cacodylate. 



Keep the patient constantly clean with 2 per cent, lysol baths. The ken- 

 nels must be frequently waslied with same and feces constantly removed to 

 avoid secondary staphylococcic infection which is generally the cause of 

 death. 



. Give gr.ii calomel night and morning at onset, till free catharsis produced. 

 For conjunctivitis, boric acid gr.x; and zinc sulphate, gr.i; in 5' water. If 

 severe, 10 per cent, argyrol solution. If opacity or ulcer of cornea, see Cor- 

 neal Opacities and Ulcers for treatment. 



Cough: — Wet flannel bandage and oil silk about neck; also syrup ipecac 

 (TTLv-xv), in syrup squill (5i), with codeine (gr.%-%), if necessary. 



Anorexia overcome by tincture nucis vomica5 (TTl,v-xx), with equal amount 

 of dilute hydrochloric acid in water after eating. 



Vomiting and diarrhea treated with bismuth subnitrate (gr.x-xxx) with 

 tannigen (gr.v-x) and laudanum (TTtv-x). 



In delirium, use chloral (gr.v-xv) with bromides (gr.xx-xxx), by mouth or 

 rectum. 



With weakness and paralyses, syrup of the phosphates of iron, quinine and 

 strychnine (3ss-ii) ; strychnine. 



In anemia, reduced iron in pills. 



In eruption, use zinc oxide ointment. 



Diet: — Milk, scraped beef, bovinine, beef juice, strong broths, brandy with 

 milk and white of egg. Boiled milk in diarrhea. 



Patients isolated, and when recovered the premises must be cleaned and 

 disinfected. Country air favors recovery. 



DouRiNE. See Maladie du Coit. 



Dropsy, Cardiac, Renal, Hepatic. Ascites. 



Increase function of heart, kidneys and liver by stimulants to these 

 organs, and use purges and diaphoretics. Digitalis, and squill are often 

 combined with spirit of nitrous ether and potassium citrate or acetate. 

 Restrict fluids; give horse physic ball; cattle: magnesium sulphate in con- 

 centrated solution; dogs: compound jalap powder (3ss) in capsules three 

 times daily; potassium iodide to absorb exudate. 



In ascites, aspirate dogs just behind navel and bandage belly; cattle: 

 aspirate belly midway between navel and stifle, right side. 



Diet. 



Other remedies are: Caffeine, strophanthus, oil of juniper, pilocarpine, 

 calomel, colocynth, elaterin, sugar of milk. 



Withhold salt from the food when there is nephritis. 



See also Sydrothorax. 



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