. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 442 HORSE HORSE quantities. Milk will often be drunk when all else is refused. Apply a mustard plaster to the chest, as in bronchitis. Medicinally, stimulants are indicated, as a mix- ture consisting of tincture of digitalis 1 dram, tinc- ture of nux vomica 1 dram, quinine sulfate 1 dram, water in sufficient quantity to make an ounce, and given three or four times daily for several days or a week. When convalescence is established, arsenic in three-grain doses and iron in one-dram doses may be given in the feed. When the symptoms
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 442 HORSE HORSE quantities. Milk will often be drunk when all else is refused. Apply a mustard plaster to the chest, as in bronchitis. Medicinally, stimulants are indicated, as a mix- ture consisting of tincture of digitalis 1 dram, tinc- ture of nux vomica 1 dram, quinine sulfate 1 dram, water in sufficient quantity to make an ounce, and given three or four times daily for several days or a week. When convalescence is established, arsenic in three-grain doses and iron in one-dram doses may be given in the feed. When the symptoms have disappeared, potassium iodid in one-half-dram doses twice daily should be given for a week, to aid in the complete absorption of the inflammatory exudate. Abscesses (poll evil, fistula, etc.). Abscesses are well-defined collections of pus. They are characterized by the fact that they increase in size slowly, show symptoms of acute inflammation, are firm to the touch, although later they may show fluctuation. They follow as the result of local inflammation in glands, muscular tissue, or even bones. They are very common in the first two cases. The abscesses most commonly met with in horses are those of the poll (poll evil), the withers (fistula) and the glands which occur during the existence of strangles or colt distemper. At first the swelling is uniformly hard and resist- ing over its entire surface, but in a little while becomes soft—fluctuating—at some part, mostly in the center. From this time, the abscess is said to be "pointing" or "coming to a head," which is shown by a small elevated or projecting promi- nence, which at first is dry, but soon becomes moist with transuded se- rum. The hairs over this part loosen and fall off, and in a short time the abscess opens, the contents escape, and the cavity gradually fills up, and heals by granulations. Treatment.—Abscesses in muscular tissue, such as poll evil and fistula of the withers (Fig. 452
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