Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 3 (of 5)Law, James
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Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 3 (of 5)
Law, James
Veterinary medicine
_Injection of the mammæ with Iodine._ Iodide of potassium 100 grains
(200 grs. in the case of a very large udder) are dissolved in a quart of
water which has been boiled for 15 minutes, the solution cooled to 104°
F. and injected in equal parts into the four quarters, which have been
just milked out clean. The glands are then manipulated so as to work the
solution into all the recesses of the milk tubes and follicles. If the
patient does not get on its legs at the end of twelve hours, the glands
may be milked out and injected anew. In nearly 2000 cases the recoveries
reached an average of nearly 83 per cent. In serious or advanced cases
with structural changes of a grave nature, a good result cannot be hoped
for. The injection does not forbid the concurrent use of other approved
measures.
The injection is easily made with a caoutchouc tube of five feet long
fitted to a teat tube at one end and to a funnel at the other. The tube
is inserted in the teat, and the funnel at a height of five feet
receives the liquid, which readily passes into the teat. When ready to
pass the tube from one teat to another, an assistant pinches the
caoutchouc tube just below the funnel, until the insertion has been
made. Every precaution must be taken against sepsis. The udder, teats
and hands, must be washed with soap, and treated with a 3 per cent.
solution of lysol. The teat tube and funnel are boiled. The caoutchouc
tube is washed and irrigated with a solution of mercuric chloride
(1:1000), and then with one of boric acid (3:100).
DISEASES OF THE EYE.
DESIRABLE FEATURES IN THE EYE.
The eye in the physiognomy. Broad forehead. Full eyes. Both eyes
alike. Iris smooth, lustrous. Media translucent. Pupil sensitive to
light. Convexity median, uniform. Pupil black in ordinary light. Lids
open and mobile. Sclera light pink. Tears clear, limpid without
overflow. Lids thin, delicate, margins evenly curved. Whole eye
responsive to moving objects. Defects: small eye: semi-closed, thick,
sluggish lids; convex cornea: sunken eye: projecting eye: weeping eye:
blear eye: watch eye: irresponsive iris: dilated pupil: unequal eyes:
flat cornea; ovoid cornea.
Much of the expression of the face depends upon the eyes, and in animals
as in man it is difficult to find compensations for a forbidding
countenance. Perfect, sound, intelligent eyes are always pleasing;
imperfect, defective, sunken or lifeless eyes mar the whole expression.
The following points may be specially noted:
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