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
When systemic reaction has set in it is desirable to have resort to
general medication as for internal anthrax.
_Treatment of Anthrax Œdema_ must follow the same rule. Free incisions
into the œdematous tissues with the application of antiseptics, solution
of mercuric chloride or biniodide (1:1000), or the injection of the
whole infiltrated area and around it with the same agents, with phenic
acid (5 or 10:100), or with pyoktanin (1:1000) will prove useful, and as
in the malignant pustule the surface should be kept disinfected by a
compress wet in solution of the mercuric chloride or biniodide, carbolic
acid, iodized phenol, formalin or pyoktanin. If the pain of these
applications is very acute cocaine will be demanded or even ether. If
ether is applied to the surface its evaporation will cool the parts and
retard the proliferation of the bacillus. Under other conditions cold
water, pounded ice or snow may be applied.
_Treatment of Intestinal Anthrax._ When anthrax flesh has been eaten, or
when there are symptoms of incipient intestinal anthrax, the first
resort is an emetic of ipecacuan, followed by an active oleaginous
purgative to clear the _prima viæ_ of bacilli and their toxins. To these
may be added potassium iodide, pyoktanin, sodium salicylate, quinine or
tincture of muriate of iron, by way of keeping in check the
multiplication of bacilli. To counteract depression and heart failure
digitalis, strophanthus or strychnia with alcoholic stimulants may be
resorted to.
In _Pulmonary Anthrax_ the same principles are applicable. The patient
may be made to cautiously inhale gaseous chlorine, iodine or bromine or
a solution of iodide of potassium in an atomized condition. The vapor of
carbolic acid, eucalyptol, or oil of cinnamon may be tried.
The irritable stomach may be soothed by oxide of bismuth, with milk,
beef tea and other bland nutritive or stimulating draughts.
The grave character of internal anthrax, however, is such that resort
may be had to one of the various antitoxins, antidotal cultures, serums,
and immunizing agents that have proved useful in different hands.
Unfortunately such agents do not seem to act in the same manner on all
genera, and what has been effective in one of the lower animals may fail
in the human being. Thus Roger found that sterilized cultures of
bacillus prodigiosus retarded or obviated anthrax in rabbits, but
hastened its progress in the Guinea pig.
The sterilized cultures of the pneumococcus of Friedländer (Buchner) of
the bacillus pyocyaneus, or of the staphylococcus pyogems aureus,
(Pawlowsky) when injected subcutem have proved antidotal to anthrax.
Emmerich has successfully used erysipelas serum subcutem in the
treatment of anthrax. (Münch. Med. Woch. 1894). The sterilized cultures
of the streptococcus erysipelatos therefore offer themselves as
promising curative agents. The same is true of the sterilized cultures
of the bacillus pyocyaneus (Woodhead and Cartwright-Wood).
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