PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT 4I 



fore many remedies have been used by the mouth, by inhalation, 

 by the nostrils and intratracheally, with more or less success. Thus 

 to lambs, 10 minims of diluted hydrocyanic acid twice daily; or 

 oil of turpentine (5i), or creosote (n\, x), or equal parts of tinc- 

 ture of camphor and oil of turpentine, in milk or gruel, may be 

 given once daily; or a mixture of creosote, 3ii; benzine, 3i; water, 

 2 quarts, may be given once daily in teaspoonful doses for a week 

 ('Moussu). These remedies may kill the parasites' by elimination in 

 the lungs. Lambs are said to be cured by inhalation of the fumes 

 of equal parts of tar, sulphur and turpentine from a kettle over a fire 

 in an air-tight-house, during twenty-five minutes for three treat- 

 ments. 



One of the simplest and most satisfactory methods consists in 

 pouring 2 drams of ether and oil of turpentine (either alone or in 

 combination) in each nostril of a calf, with the head upturned, for 

 one or more treatments (Read). 



Intratracheal injection of oil of turpentine, '3ii ; carbolic acid, 

 TTL xx, and chloroform, 3ss, has also proved of value in calves 

 (Penhale). 



Generous feeding with iron and bitters (gentian) are essential. 

 Slaughter of severe cases is often advisable. 



Burns and Scalds. 



Burns are commonly divided into three classes: — 1st degree, 

 when superficial and erythematous ; 2nd degree, with vesiculation 

 and blebs ; 3rd degree, with deep destruction of the skin and under- 

 lying parts. 



In burns of the first degree the application of carron oil (equal 

 parts of lime water and raw linseed oil) or, in place of this, flour, 

 starch or saleratus thickly sprinkled over the surface, will protect 

 the skin and afford relief. In burns of the 2nd degree a one per 

 cent, solution Of picric acid in water is the best dressing. Sterile 

 gauze is,soaked in this solution and laid over the burn and covered 



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