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derive from the word. As every disease may be consid- 

 ered a stroke, why not add Avhat kind of stroke it is, 

 wlictlier it be a stroke of palsy, or of the sun ? (For 

 Cattle Plague see Typhus Contagiosus Boum and Pleuro- 

 pneumonia.) 



Chicken-pox. — Varicella Boum. — A pustular eruption 

 on the teats of cows, presumed to be caused by eating vine 

 leaves. The eruptions soon discharge, dry up, and heal, 

 without any treatment whatever having been applied to 



them. 



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Choking. — This*is of frequent occurrence among cattle 

 or cows fed upon potatoes, turnips, etc. 



Treatment. When the potato is lodged in the upper or 

 middle third of the gullet, the mouth of the animal is to 

 be held open by means of a balling iron, or some other 

 contrivance, while a person having a small hand should 

 pass a cord like a clothes line, with a loop on the end of it, 

 and try to get tlie noose over and beyond the obstruction. 

 If the substance be low down in the gullet, manipulations 

 may be tried from outside, by tightening the skin upon 

 the obstruction, and trying to move it up, if possible ; but 

 downwards, if it will go without too great force being 

 used. Failing to remove it either up or down, try to dis- 

 lodge it by pouring small quantities of oil or melted lard, 

 not hot, down the throat. If this also prove ineffectual, 

 the probang should be used ; ^ or in its stead, a strong 

 flexible cane or rattan, may be tried ; but care should be 

 taken to have the cane go down the right passage. If 

 coughing is set up on the introduction of the cane, have it 

 withdrawn as it has entered the air passages, but try till 

 it has been properly entered down to the obstruction. 

 AVith patience and perseverance the difficulty will usually 



