208 HEPATITIS, INFLAMMATION or THE LIVEE. 



and shows other signs of impaired condition ; the 

 eyes, skin and urine are at first tinged with yellow, 

 which afterward becomes deeper and more distinct ; 

 scales form on the skin ; the bowels are at first con- 

 fined, but purging afterward comes on, and may be 

 so rapid and excessive that it can not be arrested, 

 and the animal dies in consequence. The milk also 

 becomes yellowish and somewhat bitter. 



TREATMENT. The SPECIFIC for JAUNDICE, J J, 

 may be given, twenty drops morning and night, in 

 the torpid cases when there is little or no fever. 

 But when fever and hot mouth are present alternate 

 the SPECIFIC for FEVER, A A, with that for JAUN- 

 DICE, J J, four times per day in the same doses, that 

 is two doses of each during the day. 



If a violent purging comes on give twenty drops of 

 the SPECIFIC for DIARRHEA, F F, every three hours 

 until relieved, and then return to the SPECIFIC for 

 JAUNDICE, J J. 



Hepatitis, Inflammation of tlie 

 Liver. 



This disease is more common in oxen than in 

 horses. It is rarely seen except- in winter, and in 

 animals fed in the stable. It may be mistaken for 

 inflammation of the chest, to which it has some re- 

 semblance. 



SYMPTOMS The animal prefers lying down, but 

 always on the left side, and with the head turned to 

 the right. The heat is greater in the region of the 

 liver on the right side, and pressure there induces 



