CHAPTER VII. 



THE diseases to which horned cattle are liable, are 

 few and simple, and generally yield to judicious treat- 

 ment. 



There are three departments of practice to which re- 

 sort is usually had, namely : Bleeding, Physicking, and 

 Setoning. 



BLEEDING 



Stands first ; and should be used in all cases of in- 

 flammation. 



The following are the chief diseases, says Youatt, in 

 which bleeding is required. 



1. Where animals in a thriving state rub themselves 

 until the hair comes off, and the spot is covered with a 

 dry scab ; while at the same time the eyes appear dull, 

 languid, red, or inflamed, the breath hot, and the veins 

 puffed up, and considerably larger than usual. 



2. In all kinds of inflammatory diseases, as of the 

 brain, lungs, kidneys, bowels, eyes, womb, bladder, shape, 

 and udder, or in swelling of the joints. 



3. In the disease called blain, and in which bleeding, 

 not only general but local, and local far more than gene- 

 ral, has the best possible effect, the tumefaction usually 

 subsiding almost immediately, and the beast speedily re- 

 covering. 



4. When the glands or kernels between the jaws, or 

 those of the throat, are enlarged, and especially if they 



