OF THE OX. 2,55 



if the animal shows alternations of dulness 

 and restlessness if, pressure on the spine is 

 very painful above all, if, in bulls, for in- 

 stance, there is plethora, let the bleedings and 

 purgings be increased in order to abate the 

 nervous erethismus. In this form, the violence 

 of the attack usually carries off the beast. 

 Should there, however, be any chance ot 

 saving him it will be by employing this 

 medication, which is at once revulsive and 

 depletive, notwithstanding the well-known 

 fact that bleedings, far from relieving the 

 nervous system, sometimes aggravate its irri- 

 tability. 



A general ablution with cold water may 

 be tried in desperate cases. The animal must 

 then be immediately well rubbed, and covered 

 with wool, in order to excite a thorough 

 reaction. 



In the pulmonary form of the typhus, but 

 only during the acute stage, the drinks must 

 be warm and emollient, composed of a decoc- 

 tion of soothing substances, with mallows, 

 &c. ; or one of linseed, to which must be 

 added some oxymel of squills and opium. The 

 purgatives must be non-stimulating ; and 



