DISEASES OP THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 765 



Chronic Form . 



Treat as regards diet, fresh air, external applications and inhal- 

 ations as m acute form. In dry cough, inhalations of sodium bi- 

 carbonate ; with much secretion, use turpentine by inhalation. To 

 increase secretion, administer internally sodium iodide, ammonium 

 chloride, 150 ; and carbonate, 149. To lessen secretion, oil of tur- 

 pentine, 503 ; or creosote, 333. When there is heart weakness, 

 digitalis, 451, or strychnine, 408. In young or debilitated, fat in 

 some form, as cream, olive oil, 603 ; or cod liver oil, 658 ; housing 

 must be dry, warm, and well-ventilated. Other remedies include 

 the following :— Nitrites, 313 ; strophanthus, 455 ; quinine, 489 ; 

 arsenic, 236 ; linseed tea, 611 ; tar, 509 ; benzoin, 515 ;. Eucalyptol' 

 531 ; resin, 506 ; balsam of Peru, 513 ; balsam of tolu, 513 ; myrrh, 

 525 ; asafetida, 538; ammoniacum, 540; buchu, 541; compound 

 spirit of juniper, 543 ; camphor, 550 ; sulphur, 358; sulphurous anhy- 

 dride, 859 ; alum, 169 ; tannic acid, 593 ; eserine, 419 ; cantharides, 645. 

 Bkonchitis, Verminous. See Horse. 



Beonchocele, Thyroid Enlargement in Dogs. Goitre. 



Paint tumor repeatedly with tincture of iodine; give 1-3 grs. 

 dessicated thyroid gland, or potassium iodide internally twice daily, 

 249. Or inject into gland 10 or 15 drops of iodine tincture at inter- 

 vals of three days for 10-30 injections, 246. Although there is some 

 danger of hemorrhage or embolism. Insert hollow needle, before 

 attaching syringe, to avoid entering a blood vessel. Surgery, par- 

 tial resection or enucleation prove most successful, but goitre often 

 disappears in puppies with drug treatment. 



Bruises. 



At the onset use : — Priessnitz poultice, 708 ; hot fomentations, 

 715 ; or antiphlogistine or refrigerants, 711 ; or astringents, as com- 

 presses, wet with white lotion, 175, and bandaging. Or alcohol, 289 ; 

 or arnica, 533, or hamamelis, 601, may be used. Anodynes, as 

 laudanum, 174, are indicated. To aid resolution, massage with 

 stimulating liniments, 701 ; with camphor liniment, 549 ; with soap 

 liniment, 605 ; with ichthyol, 659 ; with olive oil, 603. 



Burns. 



In burns of 1st degree :^Carron oil, 156 ; or flour, starch, salera- 

 tus, 135 ; dusted over burn. In burns of 3nd degree : — Soak sterile 

 gauze in 1 per cent solution of picric acid, cover with absorbent cotton 

 and bandage ; reapply in 3 days and Snd dressing may remain a 

 week ; also boric acid in 10 per cent ointment (vaseline) is harmless 

 and efficient. In 3rd degree :— Wet dressings of saturated boric acid 

 solution, covered with oil silk, or equal parts of Peruvian balsam 

 and castor oil ,; remove dead tissue and treat as ordinary wound. 

 In shock, stimulate with alcohol, strychnine and opium. Other 



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