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heroic. The small dose teaching of text-books 

 must be cast to the winds, and the medicines given 

 in quantities that would cause an inexperienced 

 veterinarian to shudder. 



Symptoms: One or more animals stand with a 

 look of helpless pain; respirations are labored, and 

 the abdomen distended in an ' * apple-shape. ' ' Soon 

 the animal staggers, tries to stand up, but drops 

 to the ground and succumbs in a convulsion, the 

 immediate cause of death being suffocation. 



Treatment: Thousands of "sure cures" for 

 bloat have been recommended. If they are avail- 

 able, it is suggested that turpentine, oil of eucalyp- 

 tus, aromatic spirits of ammonia, formalin, fresh 

 milk and coal oil be used. As this is a "first-aid 

 emergency, " one must think and act quickly, and 

 be able to use what therapeutic agents are at hand. 



We will suppose a hundred head of sheep have 

 had access to a "big feed/' and the animals are 

 not only bloated but foundered. Here we have 

 a complicated condition a double calamity and 

 our measures must be directed, first, to lessen the 

 formation of gas, and next, to alleviate the intense 

 congestion of blood in various parts. 



Two buckets of medicine are hastily mixed up, 

 each containing two gallons or two hundred and 

 fifty-six ounces, which will treat one hundred and 

 twenty-eight head, giving each animal a two-ounce 

 dose syringe full. 



In prescription "A" we figure on giving one 

 drachm each of turpentine, oil of eucalyptus, aro- 

 matic spirits of ammonia in enough raw linseed oil 



