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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 11, 1019 
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Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Grease Heel 
We have a horse that has grease heel; 
have tried a great many things. It gets 
better, but will get worse again; cannot 
heal it up. Can you tell me what will 
heal it? J. J. F. 
Ohio. 
Dissolve a can of concentrated lye in 
two quarts of soft water and cork tightly. 
Of this mix two ounces twice daily i» a 
small bucketful of soft water and use to 
bathe the leg very thoroughly. Gradually 
increase the strength of the bathing solu¬ 
tion. if not quickly effective. . Let the 
horse run out daily and have little rich 
feed. Twice daily give half an ounce of 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic for a week ; 
then give it three times a day, and if nec¬ 
essary gradually increase the dose, but go 
back to the first dose and repeat, at the 
first sign of poisoning, such as scouring. 
When no longer needed, gradually discon¬ 
tinue the medicine, taking at least 10 
days to the process. 
Fungus Hematoides 
I have a cow seven years old that has 
a growth coming on her eye resembling 
proud flesh, and while it was coming on 
she rubbed it on a brush or tree so she 
lost the sight of the eye. I have had a 
veterinarian operate on it twice,, and it is 
coming on again. Is there anything I 
can do to stop it? E. u. ix. 
Pennsylvania. 
i The growth is cancerous and incurable, 
as operations have failed, and eventually 
| will affect the bones of the orbit and 
cause great emaciation, so that the animal 
will be useless for meat. If she is in good 
health and flesh, apart from the presence 
j of the growth, she should be marketed 
now, subject to veterinary inspection. 
Arthritis 
Would you give me some suggestions 
for the treatment of a sprained or strained 
ankle on a driving horse? The injury 
came, I think, from a drive over rough 
frozen road, and does not yield to any 
treatment/ I have blistered, poulticed 
and rubbed with many different kinds-of 
liniment. My doctor says that the injury 
is to the covering of the bone. It seems 
to be progressing downward toward the 
hoof. There is constant fever present. 
I think she inflicts fresh injury in lying 
down and getting up. J. G. G. 
New York. 
A plaster of Paris cast should have 
been applied just after the injury, but 
it is too late now to give that treatment. 
Support the mare with slings in a box 
stall and then apply veterinary iodex 
freely twice a day, according to directions 
given on the original package. When the 
inflammation subsides, should lameness 
persist, it would be well to have the joint 
and tendons line-fired and blistered by a 
qualified veterinarian. It might be added 
that if you are so situated that a pack 
upon the joint can be kept constantly on 
it with cold water trickling from an at¬ 
tached hose that might obviate necessity 
of the other treatments suggested here. 
Shoe Boil 
About two years ago a horse that we 
have had a number of years suddenly de¬ 
veloped a shoe boil. We immediately 
called in a veterinarian, who lanced the 
boil and introduced some bluestone in the 
opening, and following his instructions I 
pulled out a core from the boil. I then 
swabbed out the opening twice a day 
with an antiseptic wash which he gave 
me. According to his advice, I put an 
ankle pad on the foot every night, and 
am using a very short shoe without any 
calks in Summer. In Winter, when it is 
necessary to sharpen the shoes, I have the 
blacksmith keep the shoes as short as 
possible, with the calks well forward. 
The opening gradually closed, always dis¬ 
charging some matter, but in tin* course 
of a few months the boil started to swell, 
and it *was necessary to go through the 
lancing, etc., again. Now recently for the 
third time we have gone through the same 
performance. The boil is about half the 
size of a teacup and is exuding some 
pus, although we are using a wash on it. 
I have read with interest the articles in 
the recent numbers of The R. N.-Y. about 
shoe boil. One of your readers mentions 
using a 2x6-in. piece crosswise on the floor 
of the stall. Would you explain the prin¬ 
ciple of this piece? Should it be placed 
so the horse lies on it with his body and 
thus takes some of the weight from his 
feet, or should his feet rest on it? An¬ 
other reader mentions a pad under the 
shoe, but would not the pad irritate the 
boil? Would you give me more explicit 
information about the cause, cure and 
prevention of shoe boils? Would you 
also give me a formula of a good liniment 
or ointment and method of applying? We 
are keeping the horse in a 4-ft. stall. 
Would a wider 
Connecticut. 
stall help any? G. s. 
cumbeut position, or the hoard may force 
him to lie over on his side. Try the 
effect of a box stall in which the horse 
may assume the natural position when 
lying down. 
Sick Dog 
What is the trouble with my dog, and 
what am I to do for him? About two 
weeks ago he began to stagger and lose 
control of his hind parts. He would fall 
down, get up and run around. There is 
a yellow matter gathers in the corner of 
his eyes, and a slight brownish discharge 
from bis nose. w. p. a. 
New York. 
You should have stated the age of the 
dog. If the animal is under one year 
old the disease probably is distemper, for 
which you can buy ready-prepared medi¬ 
cine at the drug store. If he is old you 
might as well put him out of his misery, 
as chances of recovery are poor. In such 
a case, however, examination is necessary 
to a correct understanding of the condi¬ 
tion present and it is possible the local 
graduate veterinary may find the trouble 
curable. We cannot decide as to that. 
Ailing Horse 
I have an eight-year-old horse which is 
getting very poor. Each day we feed him 
just as much as the rest and give him 
medicine for worms, but it does no good 
e can hardly work him with the rest 
of the horses. What is your advice? 
New York. w. M. M. 
Tt would be impossible to tell, without 
making an examination, just jyhat ails 
this horse, but it is likely that he is har¬ 
boring worms and his teeth may also be 
out of order. Have a veterinarian attend 
to the teeth. Feed crushed oats, wheat 
bran, ear corn and best of hav. Night 
and morning give him half an* ounce of 
Fowler's solution of arsenic in a little 
water, and in the feed twice daily mix 
a tablespoonful of a mixture of equal 
quantities of powdered sulphate of iron, 
mix vomica, gentian root, saltpeter and 
fenugreek. Continue the powders for two 
weeks; then stop for two weeks and then 
«*peat the treatment if found necessary. 
Gradually stop the arsenic solution when 
no longer needed, taking at least a week 
to the process. 
Hygroma 
I have a three-year-old heifer which 
has developed a hunch on one knee. The 
bunch is soft and somewhat sensitive. 
Can you tell me what it is and the proper 
treatment. a. w. t. 
Maine. 
Bruising is the cause of such a evst or 
sac (hygroma) upon the knee, and it 
generally is done when the cow gets down 
on her knees iu stanchions to reach for 
feed in the alley in front of the stalls. 
The popular method of treatment among 
farmers is to run a tape seton down 
through the cyst, smear it with turpentine 
or blistering ointment and pull it up and 
down several times a day to cause a flow 
of serum. The tape has to be renewed 
once a week until serum ceases to flow; 
then it is removed. . It- would be much 
better, however, to have a qualified vet¬ 
erinarian open the cyst freely at its lowest 
part, break down partitions and remove 
clots of blood or fibrin with his cleansed 
finger, inject tincture of iodine and then 
pack the cavity with oakum or antiseptic 
gauze saturated with a mixture of equal 
quantities of turpentine and raw linseed 
oil. or any other solution he prefers. S.uch 
a dressing has to be renewed once daily. 
You should have the shoe boil ampu¬ 
tated by a competent veterinarian, as that 
is the correct treatment in an old-etand- 
ing case. The board should be spiked 
| across the floor of the stall at a point 
where the heels come when the horse is 
standing up, aud the horse’s chest will 
lie upon the board when he is in the re- 
Sores on Hog 
We have a bog that is lame in its front 
legs, and has sores broken out on both 
front legs. Gan you tell me if it is be¬ 
cause she is overfed, or is it the hog chol¬ 
era? She does not refuse to eat. 
J. M. O. 
Infection of the skin by the filth germ 
bacillus necrophorus no doubt caused the 
sores mentioned, and they are the cause 
of the lameness. Cholera is not indicated 
by such sores, nor would heavy feeding 
be the likely cause. Move the hog into a 
perfectly clean, disinfected and white¬ 
washed pen and there feed it on light, 
laxative rations. If constipation is pres¬ 
ent. add enough epsom salts to the slop 
to freely move the bowels: then keep 
them active. Four ounces of epsom salts 
is the dose for an adult hog. Cleanse the 
sores on the legs with soap aud hot water; 
then scrape them free from pus or dead 
or diseased tissue, and at once swab very 
thoroughly with tincture of iodine, repeat¬ 
ing the application twice daily for three 
days; then apply a two per cent solution 
of permanganate of potash twice daily 
until the sores are gone. It is highly im¬ 
portant to keep the hogs out of filth, 
which always contains the bacillus men¬ 
tioned, and which, causes such diseases as 
canker sore mouth of pigs, hullnose mid 
snout disease, sloughing disease of the 
skin (necrotic dermatitis), and a form of 
intestinal trouble similar to cholera and 
known as necrotic enteritis. It also 
causes foot rot in sheep and so-called 
*calf diphtheria” (necrotic stomatitis). 
