DISEASES OF THE MAMMARY GLANDS. 137 
Treatment.—Emollient dressings, and perfect cleanli- 
ness, in the milder stage. When indolent, more efficient 
applications have to be resorted to. Carbolized vaseline, 
carbolized glycerine, tannate of glycerine, etc. Iodoform, 
tannic, or boric acid, in the form of powder, may be 
applied with good effect in some cases. Where the 
fissures have been tardy in healing, it may be well to 
stimulate them with a little silver nitrate cautiously 
applied. 
Agalactia or Agalorrhcea. 
SUPPRESSION OF MILK. 
The absence of milk in the mammary gland may 
result from debility, emaciation, chronic mastitis, 
atrophy of the gland from previous disease, etc. 
Treatment.—This often proves unsuccessful. If due 
to a removable cause, have that attended to. Give 
nutritious food combined with aromatic carminatives. 
Stimulate functional activity by massage and stripping 
of the udder, or by the use of some stimulating applica- 
tion. When disease of the gland is the cause, treatment 
will be directed by indications. ' 
