This disease has been more or less destructive from the time of Pharaoh
up to the present period. For information on the origin, progress, and
termination of this malignant distemper, the reader is referred to Mr.
Youatt's work on cattle.
_Treatment._--The indications to be fulfilled are, first, to preserve
the system from putrescence, which can be done by the use of the
following drink:--
Powdered capsicum, 1 tea-spoonful.
" charcoal, 2 ounces.
Lime water, 4 ounces.
Sulphur, 1 tea-spoonful.
Add to the capsicum, charcoal, and sulphur, a small quantity of gruel;
lastly, add the lime water. A second and similar dose may be given six
hours after the first, provided, however, the symptoms are not so
alarming.
The next indication is, to break down the morbid action of the nervous
and vascular systems; for which the following may be given freely:--
Thoroughwort tea, 2 quarts.
Powdered assafoetida, 2 drachms.
Aid the action of these remedies by the use of one of the following
injections:--
Powdered lobelia, 2 ounces.
Oil of peppermint, 20 drops.
Warm water, 2 quarts.
_Another._
Infusion of camomile, 2 quarts.
Common salt, 4 ounces.
In all cases of putrid or malignant fever, efforts should be made to
supply the system with caloric, (by the aid of stimulants,) promote the
secretions, and rid the system of morbific materials.