302 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE, 



SUNSTROKE. 

 This very rarely occurs in cattle. The causes, symptoms and 

 treatment are the same as those of the horse, only in giving- a 

 physic use one pound of Epsom salts along with the bitter aloes. 



LOCKJAW (TETANUS). 



This disease is rarely met with in cattle. 



Ca^USes. — Following operations, or wounds of any kind, and 

 sometimes it comes on from causes unknown. 



Symptoms. — If it is from a wound just when it is healing up 

 the muscles all over the body is contracted and hard ; the animal 

 has a stiff way of walking ; the tail will be stiff, and keeps work- 

 ing like a snake ; the jaws become partially set ; the animal can- 

 not reach down to the ground; the eyes have a peculiar look and 

 seem to be turned back in the head and set. In some cases the 

 animal can eat, while in other cases it cannot, according to how 

 much the muscles of the jaws are affected. 



Treatment. — This is one of the diseases that does not need 



much medicine because in giving the medicine it excites the 



animal and does more harm than good, and, anyway, medicine 



does not seem to do any good in this disease. Give the following: 



Epsom Salts 1 pound. 



Common Soda 1 tablespoonful. 



Ginger 1 " 



Fluid Extract of Belladonna 1 dram, or 1 teaspoonful. 



Mix in a quart of luke warm water and give as a drench 

 once a week. Keep the animal perfectly quiet and free from 

 noise. Feed on food made intp gruel, so that it can drink it 

 down. If it is caused from a wound, bathe the wound twice a 

 day and fill the place full of green salve. If the wound is where 

 you can poultice it, poultice it every night with linseed meal. 

 This disease generally takes three or four weeks to run its course, 

 and if you can keep the animal's strength up till then it will pass 

 away, while in severe cases they die in a week or so. 



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