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GANGRENOUS CORYZA IN THE OX. 
two or three scarifications on each side of the back, each of which 
was about an inch and a half long, and three inches apart. 
After having separated the skin from the cellular tissue, I intro- 
duced into the wound a piece of black hellebore root, and pre- 
scribed warm and emollient fumigations and injections of a decoction 
of mallows into the nostrils. 1 also ordered that as thick a layer 
as possible of decoction of mallows and linseed meal should be 
spread over the head, and kept wet with warm water of mallows, 
and that the muzzle, the edges of the nostrils, and the eyes should 
be bathed several times a-day with mallow water. I also admi- 
nistered drinks composed of a decoction of barley sweetened with 
honey. Emollient clysters were applied several times a-day, with 
white water and spare diet. The animal was separated from the 
others, less from fear of contagion than to remove him from the 
action of the ammoniacal emanations, which are always particularly 
abundant in the summer. Care was taken to put him in a place 
where he could breathe pure air. 
It is a necessary precaution to withdraw the hellebore root, the 
setons, and the interior of the scarifications within four-and-twenty 
hours of their being first applied ; otherwise swelling may arise, 
the consequences of which are often bad. 
Usually, about the fourth day, the animal, if not cured, is at 
least out of danger. All the wounds are, from the first dressing to 
the sixth day, covered with blister ointment. It is necessary to 
keep up the inflammation in order to avoid the metastases, which 
are always mortal. A little food may be given, and that should, 
if possible, be green. If the blindness continues, and is owing 
to the thickness of the aqueous humour, it must not be disturbed. 
It will insensibly regain its transparency. 1 never had but one 
exception to this rule. This animal remained blind, and was sold 
to the butcher within three months after it was cured. 
If, in spite of this treatment, the disease continues unchanged, 
and the third day arrives without its progress being stayed, the 
animal may be considered as lost. Also, when the pulse, inspec- 
tion of the nasal membrane, total prostration of strength, & c. 
announce a fully characterized gangrene, all treatment is fruitless. 
Tonics, camphor, purgatives, have all failed. Other animals, on 
whom I have continued to employ the antiphlogistic treatment, 
have also died. 
It is right to observe that, if I have cured some animals, I owe 
the success entirely to the employance of the antiphlogistic treat- 
ment from the beginning of the disease, and also to some particular 
disposition of the animal, and to its not being very dangerously 
attacked. How very many have I seen perish, though they seemed 
