802 EPITOME OP MODERN TREATMENT OJ? 



Orchitis or Epididymo-Orchitis. 



Seen in males owing to infections, trauma and tuberculosis. 

 Support Jind compress testicle by thick pad and bandage. In 

 acute stage, apply ice-bag to testicle, or hot flaxseed poultices, or 

 lead and opium lotion, 174, or antiphlogistine in a thick coating. 

 Give smart purge and restrict diet to soft food. After acute symp- 

 toms subside, touch scrotum lightly in 10 or 13 points with Paque- 

 lin cautery every few days and cover with compress of cotton and 

 bandage. Also, to aid resolution, ointments of guaiacol (10 per 

 cent.), or ichthyol (20 per cent.), or mercury, 207, may be rubbed 

 in daily. Aspiration of fluid in tunica vaginalis advisable if done 

 aseptically. In hematoma resulting in abscess, incise tunica vagin- 

 alis and stitch it to edge of skin incision; wipe out with pure 

 phenol and drain sac. Tuberculous form associated with tuber- 

 culosis of kidneys, bladder and prostate (examine per rectum) ; if 

 only testicle affected, castrate. 



Osteomalacia. 



In enzootic cases treatment is unavailing. Treatment must be 

 undertaken early. Food from other localities best. Beef meal, peas, 

 beans, oats, bran, linseed or cotton seed meal, green clover or alfalfa 

 are among the best foods. Change water and pasture. Apply phos- 

 phatic fertilizers on pastures or meadows. Mix equally bone meal 

 and precipitated lime phosphate, give C. Ji; Sh. and Sw., 3i-ii- To 

 this add equal parts ferrous sulphate and nux vomica; and give 

 cattle, of the latter mixture, 3ii; Sh. and Sw. gr.xx on feed twice 

 daily (Moussu). Adrenalin, 639. 



Ostitis. See Spavin, Ring Bone. 



Sometimes tuberculous. In acute stage, rest of part and cold ap- 

 plication, as cold swab or continuous irrigation, or ice bag. Physic, 

 soft and restricted diet. In subacute and chronic stages, firing, 

 blistering and rest. 



Otorrhea (In Dogs). Canker op the Ear. Otitis Externa. 

 In the acute stage, with much pain, give frequent and long-con- 

 tinued injections of hot solution of saturated boric acid, or 3 per 

 cent, carbolic, or 1-8,000 corrosive sublimate. Use fountain syringe 

 and avoid any forcible injection, allowing water to flow in slowly. 

 Carbolic solution most anesthetic. Dry out canal after syringing 

 and blow in dry pure boric acid. It is well to keep loose absorbent 

 cotton plug In ear during treatment. If there is much swelling of 

 the canal, scarify it. In the acute stage, give two to three co. cath- 

 artic pills. Diet of milk, broths and bread. When the acute stage 



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