Dr. Hess stock book : a scientific treatise on horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry drhessstockbooks00hess Year: 1901 34 DR. HESS SCIENTIFIC TREATISE. any kind. If the jaws are not set, a physic of 8 drams of aloes with a dram of ginger should be given. For safety, it is best given with the balling iron. If the jaws are set no attempt should be made to give medicine by the mouth. Six to eight grains of morphine with a quarter of a grain of sulphate of atropia may be dissolved in water and injected under the skin with a syringe for that purpose. If the attack is very sudden and severe, tre
Dr. Hess stock book : a scientific treatise on horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry drhessstockbooks00hess Year: 1901 34 DR. HESS SCIENTIFIC TREATISE. any kind. If the jaws are not set, a physic of 8 drams of aloes with a dram of ginger should be given. For safety, it is best given with the balling iron. If the jaws are set no attempt should be made to give medicine by the mouth. Six to eight grains of morphine with a quarter of a grain of sulphate of atropia may be dissolved in water and injected under the skin with a syringe for that purpose. If the attack is very sudden and severe, treatment of any kind is of little value; however, if the onset is slow, by proper care many cases recover. Lymphangitis. This is a sudden and severe inflammation, usually of the hind legs. It comes on in well fed horses after a few days' rest. It is ex- tremely painful. Treatment : Diminish the quantity of the food, give as a laxative a quart of raw linseed oil or a ball of six drams of aloes. Bathe the leg with hot water frequently, and give walking exercise as soon as the animal can move without too much pain. Dropsy. This is the name given to the accumulation of serum beneath the skin or in the serous cavities. It is not a disease in itself, but it is a prominent symptom of a number of disorders. It is characterized by swelling of the parts, which are not highly sensitive, but pit when pressure is applied. The most common form found in the horse is dropsy of the legs, commonly called stocking. Stocking of the leg is an indication of an ill, depraved condition of the blood, of improper circulation, or want of ex- ercise. It is quite common in anaemia, especially when induced by a diet of watery, innutritious substances. Dropsy of the abdomen is also very frequently found in the horse. Its causes are the same as those which produce dropsy of the leg. The swelling of the abdomen or even of the sheath is frequently seen as the direct result of anaemia or poverty of the blood. Trea
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