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ness. These symptoms may continue on to death or they may 

 a 1 >nte in five or eight days and the animal begin to improve. Any 

 of the complications, as lung troubles, kidney troubles, heart 

 troubles, brain troubles, etc., may set in at any time. 



Treatment. Bleeding, physicing, or any treatment that has 

 a tendencj 7 to weaken the animal should not be practiced. As 

 the disease now appears, it is in a form that can generally be 

 treated successfully. As it is a fever that has a certain course to 

 run. we must adopt a form of treatment to help nature throw off 

 the disease, and support the animal while the disease is running 

 its course. We must never try to cut the disease short, as that 

 is dangerous to the animal. Keep the animal in a comfortable 

 place and allow plenty of fresh air and water and what easily 

 digested food the animal will eat. If the weather is cold, blanket 

 the animal, and hand-rub and bandage the legs. Give one 

 dram of nitrate of potash three times a day, either in feed, drink- 

 ing water, or put it on the tongue with a large spoon. Give this 

 regular for two or three days, then give one dram of chlorate of 

 potash three times per day for a few days. Give whisky, alcohol, 

 and sweet nitre, to keep up the animal's strength. Bathe the 

 throat well with our Liniment (see Appendix) twice a day to re- 

 move the soreness. Steaming the head by the use of hot water 

 and a little carbolic acid is beneficial. If the bowels are con- 

 stipated give one-half pint of raw linseed oil as a drench* and 

 give injections of warm water. 



In mild cases our Condition Powders (see Appendix) is all the 

 medicine that is necessary to give, and in all cases give our 

 Powders after the severe symptoms have passed. 



If any other disease sets in, treat it according to the treatment 

 given in another part of this book. 



