DISEASES A^T> TREATMENT OF CATTLE. 261 



Treatment. — If the bowels are not very free and the annual is 



in fair condition, give 



Epsom Salts ^ pound. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 15 drops. 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give this drench three 

 times, leaving out the salts after the first drench. Rub the 

 sides with white liniment three times a day, and keep a half 

 pail of hot salt over the lungs, changing it about every hour dur- 

 ing the day, and at night apply a mustard plaster ; take half a 

 pound of mustard with enough vinegar to make it into a paste 

 and rub well in over the sides and cover the animal up warm. 

 Keep this treatment up until relief comes. When the animal 

 seems to be getting better quit the above drenches and give the 

 following : 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre i pound. 



Ground Gentian Root i " 



Ground Aniseed i " 



Mix together and give a teaspoonful three times a day on his 

 tongue. Keep the bowels regulated by giving" one-half pound 

 drenches of epsom salts once or twice a week and feed on soft 

 food with plenty of boiled flaxseed in it. 



BRONCHITIS IN CATTLE. 



This disease, when it is the result of a cold, comes from 

 causes similar to that of inflammation of the lungs ; the symptoms 

 are same as those of inflammation of the lungs, only by listening 

 with your ear at the windpipe you will hear more of a wheezing 

 noise. 



Treatment. — Is the same as is given for inflammation of the 



lungs. 



PLEURISY IN CATTLE. 



This is inflammation of the coverings of the lungs. 



Causes. — They are similar to those of inflammation of the 

 lungs, and this disease is very often found in connection with it. 



Symptoms.- -They are similar to those in inflammation of the 

 lungs, only that when there is pleurisy there is more of a grating 

 sound heard when you place your ear to his side and the animal's 

 sides seem sore and he flinches more when you press on it than in 

 inflammation of the lungs. 



Treatment.— The treatment is the same as for inflammation 

 of the lungs. In this disease, as well as in all other lung troubles,^ 



