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This is an obstinate disease, and may prove fatal, no 

 matter what you do. The greatest care must le taken until 

 the beast is recovering, both in the food and drink of the 

 animal. 



STAGGERS. 



SYMPTOMS. Dullness ; a desire to sleep ; reeling and 

 staggering. 



TREATMENT. Bleed ; give the epsom salt purge, (page 

 187) and continue till the bowels are opened thoroughly. 

 This will usually give relief. 



TREMBLES. 



This extraordinary disease prevails in some regions of 

 the West. It is a most alarming one. 



SYMPTOMS. In the earliest stages of this malady, in 

 the cow, it may not display its existence, if the attack be 

 not violent and the animal left to itself; for in the begin- 

 ning, as in all stages of the disorder, the appetite seems 

 to be unimpaired, and the thirst not increased. Even 

 this early stage, not less than the more advanced, appears, 

 however, to be attended with constipation of the bowels. 

 The animal at length begins to mope and droop, to walk 

 slower than its fellows, and to falter in its gait. If, under 

 these circumstances, it should be driven, and attempt to 

 run, the debility and stiffness of its muscles are immedi- 

 ately apparent. It fails rapidly, trembles, pants, and 

 sometimes seems blind, as it runs against obstacles, but 

 this may arise from vertigo ; at length it falls down, lies 

 on its side quivering, and is not, perhaps, able to rise for 

 several hours, sometimes never. Now and then, the 

 quivering amounts to a slight convulsion. When the 

 disease is not violent, the animal, after a longer or shorter 

 period, is again on its feet ; but its capacity for muscular 



