184 HIDEBOUND. 



changing a cow from a very poor to a rich pasture 

 may induce 1^ or it may be communicated from one 

 cow to another. 



The symptoms are : great itchiness, so that the 

 animal is continually rubbing herself; the hair falls 

 off, scabs or sores remain in patches on the back 

 and tail especially; the cow becomes thin; appetite 

 fails ; her milk is reduced in quantity and quality, 

 and she becomes a miserable object. 



TREATMENT. Cleanse the skin by means of 'a 

 brush, which must not be used for another animal 

 without having been thoroughly washed and cleansed, 

 otherwise it will communicate the disease ; after- 

 wards go over again with warm water and soft soap, 

 and carefully dry the surface. Give night and 

 morning twenty drops of the SPECIFIC for ERUP- 

 TIONS, I I. 



Should the sore spots not readily heal, apply the 

 Sulphur Ointment, or still better the Witch-Hazel oil. 

 (See page 49.) 



Hidebound. 



This condition^ in which the skin seems firm, hard, 

 and bound to the parts beneath, is due to some mor- 

 bid condition of the system rather than to a dis- 

 ease of the skin itself. There is most frequently some 

 derangement of the stomach, or some old standing 

 organic disease. Remove these, and the disease 

 disappears, and the hide becomes soft and loose. 



TREATMENT. The SPECIFIC for INDIGESTION, 

 ILL, CONDITION, J J, giving twenty drops morning and 

 night, will generally remove the difficulty. 



If it fails after a fair trial, give the SPECIFIC for 

 INDIGESTION, J J, each night and that for ERUPTION 

 I I, each morning twenty drops. 



