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This page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional.
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Tile Sore Mouth
or DIPHTHERIA OF THE MOUTH, essentially a disease of early infancy. It is very frequently met with in connection with the artificial feeding of young children, and is evidently connected with impaired nutrition. It may also be the result of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth, or it may depend on the development of cryptogamic vegetation on the mucous membrane. The symptoms are numerous small white spots on the mucous membrane of the mouth, the inner surface of the lips, and especially near the angles of the mouth, the inside of the cheeks, the tongue, and sometimes on the gums. The spots are generally of a circular form , about the size of a pin's head, and are firmly adherent. Sometimes the spots coalesce, and the mouth may be extensively coated with a false membrane, a condition sometimes called aphtha.
THRUSH, in veterinary surgery, an affection of the horse's frog, appearing as a severe and acute inflammation, which usually proceeds to ulceration, and which is accompanied by a fetid discharge. The best application for it is mineral tar.
Calomel dressing is to be substituted for the tar in severe and intractable cases, and ulcerated and loose parts of the frog are to be carefully removed .