176 FEVER, QUARTER EVIL, JOINT MURRAIN. 



den appearance of hard scurfy patches of what 

 seems to be dead skin. It is a dry gangrene, and 

 the commencement of a process of sloughing exten- 

 sive and rapid, to an almost inconceivable degree. 

 This forms the " black quarter" with all its fearful 

 characteristics. 



Ulcers first appear about the belly, the quarters, 

 and teats, but spread everywhere, and particularly 

 about the muzzle and mouth. The tongue is blis- 

 tered and ulcerated, and there is a discharge of 

 sanious, offensive, or bloody fluid from the nose or 

 mouth, or from both. The urine, previously high- 

 colored, now becomes darker and bloody ; the dung 

 is streaked with blood, and all the excretions are 

 excessively fetid. In this state the animal may 

 remain some days, until it dies, a " mass of pu- 

 tridity." 



TREATMENT. Give fifteen or twenty drops of the 

 SPECIFIC A A, for FEVER, every two hours, for the 

 first twelve hours. This is more especially in 

 dicated for the fever, lameness, congestion, etc. 



After the first twelve hours, unless there is de 

 cided improvement, give alternately the SPECIFIC 1 1 

 for ULCERS, ROT, etc., in closes of twenty drops al 

 ternately with that for FEVER, every two or three 

 hours, according to the urgency of the case. Con- 

 tinue this treatment without intermission or variation, 

 prolonging the intervals between the doses as the 

 animal improves. 



