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daily ; or if fever yet continues, give the two SPE- 

 CIFICS in alternation at intervals of three hours. 



For calves, give one-third or half as much as for 

 grown cattle, according to age or size. 



Sore Throat or Pharyngitis. 



The disease consists of inflammation, with conse- 

 quent swelling and soreness of the top of the gullet 

 or passage between the mouth and stomach It 

 arises from the same causes which produce colds, 

 and sometimes assumes an epidemic and very fatal 

 character, especially when the spring or fall is very 

 cold and wet, and the animals graze on damp, 

 marshy grounds. It is usually accompanied with 

 catarrh. 



SYMPTOMS. Difficulty of swallowing, so that solid 

 food is partially chewed and then dropped from the 

 mouth ; fluids are gulped down, or partly return 

 through the nostrils ; or all food may be refused in 

 consequence of the severe pain attending swallow- 

 ing ; the cud is not chewed ; the throat and glands 

 of the neck are swelled, hot, and painful ; the cough 

 is frequent, hoarse, and indicates pain ; the breath- 

 ing becomes very difficult and labored, and the pulse 

 full and quick. 



TREATMENT. Give twenty drops of the SPECIFIC 

 for INFLAMMATION, A A, every three or four hours, 

 until three doses have been given, then begin with 

 the SPECIFIC C C, for QUINCY or SORE THROAT, and 

 give every three hours of the C C in alternation with 

 the A A. As the animal improves and the fever 



