Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 4 (of 5)Law, James
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Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 4 (of 5)
Law, James
Veterinary medicine
For _conjunctival symptoms_ bathing with tepid water to soothe
irritation and remove adhesions and crusts, may be followed by a drop of
aqueous solution of pyoktanin (1:1000) under each lid, twice a day, or
cocaine (3:100), or silver nitrate (½:100); may be used. Fröhner advises
creolin (½:100); Cadeac, cresyl (½:100); Müller, mercuric chloride
(1:2000) or boric acid (1:40). Other Collyria may be substituted (see
diseases of the eye). In violent inflammations atropia will find a place
and in ulcerations boric acid, silver, pyoktanin, calomel, or hydrogen
peroxide. When irritation and rubbing are persistent a cocaine solution
may be dropped into the eye every few hours. When the ocular troubles
persist during general convalescence tonics with good nourishment and
hygiene are demanded.
With _digestive symptoms_ the attendant vomiting will usually have
cleared the stomach of irritant contents. In the exceptional cases it
may be unloaded by apomorphia (¹⁄₁₀₀ gr. subcutem), or ipecacuan wine a
teaspoonful by the mouth. More commonly a check must be placed on
persistent vomiting by bismuth nitrate (3 grs.), laudanum (5 to 10
drops), creosote (5 drops), or chloroform (5 to 10 drops), and small
pieces of ice. A derivative to the epigastrium is sometimes useful. The
food should be of the simplest and most easily digested kind, milk,
meat-soup skimmed of fat, meat juice, scraped or pulped raw meat.
Demulcents like gum water, slippery elm bark, or decoction of marsh
mallow may be resorted to, and in case of extreme irritability
nourishment may be given by rectal injection. As vomiting may be kept up
by irritants in the intestines a tablespoonful of tincture of rhubarb
may be required to be repeated twice a day until relief is secured.
Calomel and chalk (1:12) in grain doses will sometimes serve a good
purpose. Also dilute hydrochloric acid in water (1:60) in doses of a
teaspoonful with pepsin, gentian, quinine or nux vomica will often
contribute much to restore tone and function. Septic intestinal
fermentations may be met with beta-naphthol, naphthalin, (7 grs.),
chloral hydrate (10 grs.) lactic acid (buttermilk), or salol (5 grs.).
The attendant fœtid diarrhœa may demand in addition opium or silver
nitrate (½ to 1 gr.). The gastric secretion is usually suspended so that
it largely passes into the intestines unchanged. Of course it should not
be used along with muriatic acid.
The _skin eruption_ is usually considered of little consequence, or, by
some, beneficial (Cadeac). If treatment is desired it may consist in
dusting powders, demulcent soothing dressings and perhaps stimulating
liniments as found under _skin diseases_. It usually disappears with the
elimination of the toxins and the restoration of vigorous health.
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