Remarks on the structure and function of the mammæ, and on mammitis in the cow : read before the members of the Edinburgh Veterinary Medical Association / by R.D. Brotherton.

  • Brotherton, R. D.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Remarks on the structure and function of the mammæ, and on mammitis in the cow : read before the members of the Edinburgh Veterinary Medical Association / by R.D. Brotherton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other at an angle. This will assist in relieving the pain, and prevent the w^eight of the udder causing such an in- creased determination of blood to the part. I would not recommend any stimulating application until the violent inflammatory action has somewhat abated by tlie preceding treatment, which may be repeated, or carried to its fullest extent, as circumstances may require. After the more active stage has been somewhat subdued, a cooling liniment may be rubbed on the udder after the fomentations. Any of the following may answer :—Acetate of lead, 5 ij.; water, Ipint; neat's foot or olive oil, ] pint;—shake, when a saponaceous fluid will be formed. This I have found to answer well in many cases. Solutions of the acetate of lead, of nitre, or of sal ammoniac, in water, with vinegar or spirits of wine added, are often made use of, according as a cooling, evaporating, or discutient lotion may be wanted. Ointments are also recommended by some j)rac- titioners, but are more applicable to a chronic stage, as the friction necessary for inunction will tend to irritate a glan- dular swelling in its acute form. They may be used where stimulants are required, in order to remove the stagnated blood, by rousing the dilated vessels into action. Campho- rated elder ointment, with a little mercurial ointment added, is recommended by Mr Youatt. Camphorated spirits, with oil of origanum, or olive oil, turpentine, and camphor, or lime water, linseed oil, and spirits of turpentine, in varied proportions, will form liniments that may be well rubbed in, when the tenderness of the part is removed, but swelling remains. As 1 live on the sea-coast, I have been in the habit of using decoctions of sea-weed (commonly called tang) in sea-water, and have found it of use in removing the swelling left after an acute attack. Perhaps it may act on the absorbents, from the portion of iodine that the sea- weed contains. Todine ointment is a good application. We must not forget to have the udder emptied of its contents two or three times in the day, by being milked, if