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EXPERIMENTS ON THE USE OF CREOSTOTE IN 
THE DISEASES OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 
Bj/ Herr Maassen, V. S. Wurtemburg. 
The first experiment was on a setter with canker in the ear. 
The owner of the dog had ordered it to be hanged, as all remedies 
had failed in producing a cure. Herr Maassen prescribed creos- 
tote 3 SS, et spirit, vini rectificat. 5 ij. This mixture was applied 
once in every day to the diseased part. In a few weeks the dog 
was completely cured; and has since had no return of the com¬ 
plaint. In a terrier, and also in three other spaniels, the effect 
of this application was equally satisfactory. In some cases, where 
the disease shewed itself in a less degree, the creostote was dis¬ 
solved in water instead of spirits of wine. It is always necessary 
to take away the collar while the dog is under treatment, in 
order that the flap of the ear may not be injured by striking 
ao^ainst it. 
He tried the same medicine with equally favourable results on 
horses. He had a four-year-old thorough-bred horse brought to 
him, which was suffering from a cancerous sore in the frog of the 
right fore foot. The disease had several times appeared to be 
cured by different remedies; but as soon as the horse was used, 
it returned again as badly as ever. He first placed the foot in a 
poultice, in order to soften the horn. He then removed all the 
diseased parts with a knife, and by that means allowed the pent- 
up matter to escape. Then, having subdued the inflammation 
by cold applications, he ordered creostote ^ss, and spirit, vini 
rectificat. 5 ij, to be applied to the surface of the frog once a 
day. The foot was then bound up with dry bandages; and this 
treatment was continued during several days. 
In the course of ten days the frog was so far healed, that the 
lotion was only required to be used in a diluted state. The 
treatment of this case commenced on the 14th of April. In the 
middle of May, the horse was shod, and fit for service; and, not¬ 
withstanding that he was worked hard, no trace of the disease 
was afterwards to be seen. 
A cart-horse, that had suffered some time from an old painful 
sore on the lateral cartilage of the right fore foot, was brought 
to him. The sore was swelled at the edges, and exhaled a very 
foetid odour. Several modes of treatment had been resorted to, 
and some of them had certainly done good; but still unhealthy 
pus continued to be secreted, and the wound was altogether 
indisposed to heal. He immediately ordered the creostote to be 
