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water and after a few hours added to 1 pint of water) has been 

 used to treat sterilty, leucorrhea and epizootic abortion in cows. 

 It has antitoxic and antibacterial properties and in these conditions 

 favorable reports have come from many quarters. The vagina 

 should first be washed well with soap and water and the yeast in- 

 jected once daily for a few days. (See Impotence, p. 143). 



Stomatitis. 



Inflammation of the Mucous Membrane of the Lips, Cheeks, 

 Gums, and occasionally of the Palate and Tongue. Various forms 

 and causes. Traumatic, caused by bits, thorns, sharp teeth, rough, 

 sharp food and foreign bodies. Chemical, as by poisonous plants, 

 mercury, etc. Fungi are a common cause. Symptomatic of di- 

 gestive disturbances, fever and of some general diseases. 



General Symptoms. — Anorexia, owing to pain in mastication, 

 salivation, wasting, dulness, and sometimes fever. 



Forms. — 1. Simple or Catarrhal, in all animals, particularly 

 the young, with heat, redness and swelling of the buccal membrane. 



2. Aphthous. Enzootic in horses, cattle and sheep. Char- 

 acterized by vesicles followed by erosions and inflammation of the 

 buccal membrane. Caused probably by fungi on food. Disting- 

 uished from foot-and-mouth disease by absence of aphthae about 

 coronets. 



3. Ulcerative. This attacks especially dogs, young sheep, and 

 newly born calves associated with omphalitis. Begins with dirty- 

 yellow or gray spots of necrosis in buccal cavity, and goes on to 

 extensive ulceration, sloughing, and usually death in calves. Oc- 

 casionally fatal in old dogs and in young sheep. Diarrhea is the 

 dangerous complication. 



4. Thrush. This form of stomatitis is due to a special fungus 

 (Oidium albicans) and is characterized by white, curdy looking 

 elevations on an inflamed buccal membrane. It is seen in young 

 calves. 



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