DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 779 



Erysipelas. 



In Horses, enzootic. In Sheep, attacks head. Swine, as Mai 

 Rouge or Swine Erysipelas. See Mog Cholera. 



Generous diet with alcohol, 291, milk and eggs. Isolate patient 

 and after recovery disinfect premises, 725. WeU-ventilated quar- 

 ters. Antiseptic treatment of any wound present. Injections of 

 carbolic acid, 330. Cold compresses of saturated boric acid solu- 

 tion. Heavy coat of collodion about lesion to limit spread, first 

 shaving hair. If pus forms, it must be liberated by incisions; other- 

 wise avoid the use of 'knife. Quinine, 489, and tinc. ferric chloride, 

 196. 



Erythema. 



In Horses, "Mud Fever," or "Scratches." 



Leave hair long on pasterns; do not wash legs after driving but 

 wait until dry and brush off dirt. Pink ointment, 185; white lotion, 

 175; calamine lotion, 185, 563; zinc oxide and starch, 185; lead ace- 

 ' tate, 174; boric acid, 275; camphor, 549; vaseline, 350; hamamelis, 

 602; tar, 508. When erythema results in a dermatitis, as in Cracked 

 Heels of horses, stimulate with stick silver nitrate, or Peruvian 

 balsam, and use astringents, as pink ointment, 185, and white lotion, 

 175. In general erythema, give purge and light diet. 



Exostoses. 



In early stages treat as for Periostitis, which see. For later out- 

 growth of bone, iodine, 246, or cantharides, 646, 702. Red mercuric 

 iodide, 219; point firing; rest. , 



Fainting. See Syncope. 



False Quarter. 



Blister coronet; cantharis, 646. Treat wound in coronary band 

 which causes defect in wall of hoof. Apply bar shoe. Cut dead 

 horn away. Keep dirt out of fissure by filling it with gutta percha 

 and ammoniacum. 



Farcy. See Glanders. 



Favus, in Cats, Dogs, Horses, Cattle, Fowl. 



Remove crusts by soaking in sweet oil and washing in green soap 



• and water. Sulphur ointment, 256, or 5-10 per cent, ointments of the 



following: Naphthol, resorcin, thymol, tar, or creolln and salicylic 



acid. Sulphur and salicylic acid least toxic. Paint with tinc. of 



iodine and goose grease (1-8). 



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