. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. 278 THE DISEASES AND DISOEDEES OF THE OX. great progress, and has already invaded extensive areas of the tongue and mouth ; but in most instances treatment should be adopted, unless the animal be already fattened for the butcher. Where there are but one, two, or three, tumours, not of large size in the tongue, it is our custom, after having had the animal secured, to incise the growths with an ordinary scalpel, and paint the cut surface with a mixture of carbolic acid and iodine (iodised pheno]). This opera
. The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep. 278 THE DISEASES AND DISOEDEES OF THE OX. great progress, and has already invaded extensive areas of the tongue and mouth ; but in most instances treatment should be adopted, unless the animal be already fattened for the butcher. Where there are but one, two, or three, tumours, not of large size in the tongue, it is our custom, after having had the animal secured, to incise the growths with an ordinary scalpel, and paint the cut surface with a mixture of carbolic acid and iodine (iodised pheno]). This operation, in the general way, does not require to be repeated; but the tongue may be washed over on alternate days in the succeeding week with a diluted solution of carbolic acid and iodine in water. When the growths are already ulcerated, they should be similarly treated. After the operation, the animal should be kept up, being fed on mashes and other soft food. When the incisions are healed, he may be turned out to graze, unless there should be any fresh manifestations of mischief. In very severe cases it will be essential to have the animal cast before operating ; but in milder ones this is not found necessary, the beast being secured by the nose-pincers of the kind here Fig. 36.—Nose-pincers. As a rule, it will not be found that the diagnosis of actinomy- cosis presents any great difficulty, and the above operation is not generally one likely to set up any constitutional mischief. In almost all instances we have found it successful when per- formed at an early date. When first introduced to the notice of the profession (vide Veterinary Journal), the disease was held to be incurable. It is, therefore, fortunate to be able, after a considerable number of cases treated, to report very favourable issues in almost every instance. In those cases where the I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for r
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