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teeth and a total want of rest ; these last are unfavor- 

 able symptoms. 



The cause of this disorder is found in too great an 

 efflux of blood pressing on the temporal arteries ; from 

 which an increased action takes place ; wounds or 

 contusions on the head ; suppressions of the natural 

 evacuations. 



The cure should be sought by bleeding freely, ac- 

 cording to the violence of the symptoms and the 

 strength of the animal, in the jugular vein; keep the 

 bowels open with castor oil, and other purging medi- 

 cines. Blister the side of the neck with flies and 

 spirits of turpentine. 



From what has been said of the treatment of dis- 

 eases, caused by inflammation of the internal organs 

 of the body, it will be seen that they are all of a dan- 

 gerous nature, and require the earliest attention ; that 

 they are generally the consequence of improper man- 

 agement or neglect, and may therefore, most commonly 

 be prevented ; and that the most essential remedy is 

 early and copious bleeding, with laxative medicine. 



FOG SICKNESS, HOVEN OR BLOWN. 



" We come now to treat of a class of diseases still 

 more important, with respect to horned cattle, than the 

 foregoing ; that is, obstruction, or imperfect action, in 

 the organs subservient to digestion. Under this head 

 will be brought Fog Sickness, Hoven, or Blown; 

 Ctripes, or Flatulent Colic ; Indigestion, loss of the 

 Cud; and Jaundice, or Yellows, These diseases, 

 however, will be belter understood, if we give in the 

 first place, a short description of the cow's stomach. 

 All animals, which ruminate, have more than one sto- 

 mach ; in the cow there are four ; the first is consider- 



