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rhei aquosa and vinosa, Tinct. gentianae, Tinct. ehinae com- 

 posita 5-10 g. per dose) are often used. If diarrhea has appeared 

 it is advisable to administer opiates (0.1 to 0.2 opium or 5 

 times that amount of the opium tincture every 3-4 hours) ; this 

 may be given together with tannin (0.1 to 0.5 g.), bismuth sub- 

 nitrate (0.2 to 0.5 g.), tannoform, tannalbin, tannopin (0.5 to 

 1 g. of each), or with red wine (in teaspoonful doses). 



Ealeigh obtained recoveries in 60% of his cases by treating the affected animals 

 first with 0.25 to 0.40 g. of calomel, and followed four times daily with 0.60 g. 

 sodium hyposulphite, while Liebert & Schmidt obtained splendid results from the 

 administration of tannargentan (2-3 times daily 1 g. doses). 



In the presence of nervous symptoms anodynes and anti- 

 spasmodics are recommended. However a beneficial action 

 from their use on the neuritic or myelitic affection, can hardly 

 be hoped i;or. Of these may especially be mentioned bromide 

 of potassium and bromide of sodium (1:250 4 or 5 times daily 

 in tablespoonful doses), chloral hydrate (0.5 to 2 g.), sulfonal 

 (1 to 2 g.), or morphium in larger doses (0.05 to 0.1 g.) sub- 

 cutaneously. Paralysis may be treated with massage, alcohol 

 rubs, or by the application of electricity, as well as by sub- 

 cutaneous injections of veratrin (1 to 5 mg.) or strychnia 

 (0.5 mg.). 



The conjunctivitis, while the symptoms of irritation last, 

 should be treated with warm applications 2-3 times daily, and 

 washing with "a 1% creolin and boracic acid solution, while 

 astringents are indicated only after the subsidence of the acute 

 symptoms. Of such astringents may be mentioned 0.5 to 1% 

 solutions of sulphate of zinc, alum, or tannin, as well as the 

 "coUyrium adstringens luteum" (diluted 1-3 to 1-2). If the 

 catarrh has become chronic, or if there exists a continuous 

 purulent secretion, the painting of the eye with a 1% silver 

 nitrate solution may be tried. It should be applied with very 

 great care, and the superfluous portion should be neutralized 

 with a 1% salt solution. For the keratitis, as well as for the 

 internal inflammations of the eye, warm applications and the 

 dropping of a 1% atropin solution into the eye are recommended. 

 For clearing away the cloudiness in the cornea, the applica- 

 tion of powdered calomel or iodide of mercury salve (1-20), 

 with subsequent massage of the eye, is often beneficial; this, 

 however, should be only undertaken after the disappearance 

 of the acute symptoms. For threatening blindness as a result 

 of paralysis of the optic nerve, injections of strychnia into the 

 temporal region might be favorable. 



The exenthema of the skin does not require a special treat- 

 ment, but the sprinkling of the moist surfaces with a drying 

 . powder, or the application of a salve, may assist in the healing 

 of these lesions. 



Prevention. Since the affected animals easily infect others, 

 they should be kept f yom healthy young dogs and cats, and the 



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