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of steam from Hot Water and Pine Tar for twenty min- 

 utes two or three times a day. Also administer Nux 

 Vomica, four ounces; Ginger, four ounces; Nitrate of 

 Potash, four ounces. Make into sixteen capsules and 

 give one capsule every four hours. Applications of the 

 following liniment are of some value: Aqua Ammonia 

 Fort., three ounces; Oil of Turpentine, three ounces; 

 Sweet Oil, six ounces. Apply over the region of the 

 windpipe the full length of the neck. 



CALF SCOURS 



(Cholera — White Scours — Bloody Flux) 

 Cause : It is produced by a specific germ and is com- 

 municated by direct or indirect contact with the germ 

 which may gain entrance into the blood by the umbilical 

 cord at or shortly after birth or through the digestive 

 canal by drinking milk or eating food contaminated 

 with the disease-producing germ. The more common 

 means of spreading the disease is through pails, drink- 

 ing troughs, etc. 



Symptoms: One of the most deadly forms of Diar- 

 rhoea. This usually appears a few days after birth, al- 

 though in some cases it takes several days for it to de- 

 velop. Every sign of Diarrhoea is present, as frequent 

 passages of feces of a yellowish-white color, frothy and 

 very offensive in odor. The calf is very dull, weak, back 

 arched, hair rough, eyes glassy and sunken back in their 

 sockets, belly retracted, breathing short and- fast. The 

 calf finally lies flat on the side, head resting on the floor 

 or ground with a temperature generally below normal. 

 The calf finally becomes unconscious and death follows. 

 Treatment : Give Protan, three ounces ; Zinc Sulpho- 

 carbolates, eight grains; Gum Catechu, powdered, two 

 ^ ounces; Ginger, one ounce; Beechwood Creosote, one 

 dram. Make into eight capsules and give one capsule 

 every two hours until relieved. When the calf will take 

 its feed, if not nursing its mother, see that the milk is 



