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pint of warm brine given every hour will do as 

 much or more good than anything yet tried. This 

 may have a tendency to dissolve the mass. 



15. Strychnin. 



This is an accidental poisoning, the plant not 

 growing in this country. The trouble usually 

 follows attempts to poison noxious animals, and 

 the sheep may get enough to kill them. 



Symptoms: The signs of strychnin poisoning 

 are familiar. First is noticed a restlessness, la- 

 bored breathing, rapid, wiry pulse, and the animal 

 walks as though it were on stilts. The muscles 

 twitch, the eyes become bloodshot, and there is 

 frothing at the mouth. Convulsions set in and 

 the animal dies with spasmodic twitching of the 

 limbs. 



Treatment: One dram (sixty grains) tannic 

 acid dissolved in glycerin and water, an ounce 

 of the former to a pint of the latter, followed by 

 two drams chloral hydrate dissolved in a half -pint 

 of water or given per rectum. Morphin in one- 

 fourth grain doses may be given hypodermically. 

 Raw eggs are excellent, while raw linseed oil or 

 melted lard seems to assist in keeping the poison 

 from being absorbed. 



16. Cotton Seed Meal. 



Poison by this valuable food is usually seen 

 where there is too heavy feeding of oil cake. 



Symptoms: There is a bloody diarrhea and 

 bloody urine; cramps; bloat, and great abdominal 

 pain. 



