BPLENITIS, OB INFLAMMATION or THE SPLEEN. 211 



TREATMENT. The diseased animal must be re- 

 moved from the herd, and care be taken to prevent 

 healthy animals being affected, by not using the 

 same vessels or articles for both. The attendant 

 should be careful not to get the fluid from the mouth 

 upon any sore on the hand or person, or he will be 

 likely to suffer. The blisters forming on the tongue 

 or mouth of the animal should be opened freely as 

 early as possible 



Food As the cow cannot swallow, on account of 

 the pain and swelling of the tongue, gruel should be 

 horned down occasionally during the clay. Some 

 should also be placed before her, so that she may 

 take it if she feels disposed. 



Give the SPECIFIC for DISTEMPER, C C, a dose of 

 twenty or twenty-five drops, every one, two, or three 

 hours, according to the intensity of the disease. 

 After twelve hours, or three or four doses have been 

 given, if the animal does not seem to improve, give 

 the SPECIFIC I I, in doses of twenty drops, in alter- 

 nation with the C C, at intervals of two or three 

 hours, and so continue through the entire disease, 



Splenitis, or Inflammation of the 

 Spleen. 



Splenitis is rarely observed in oxen except in cold 5 

 damp weather, and it differs from carbuncle or 

 typhus, but occasions death no less rapidly. Its 

 prominent symptom is a brownish color of the tongue. 

 It is most frequent among working cattle, especially 

 if put to labor soon after eating, and before they 

 have had time to chew the cud. 



