900 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



as that of the nose, and, in this way, may terminate in simple 

 pleuro-pneumonia. Diarrhoea is often present with catarrh, and 

 unless it is very severe it should not be stopped. Sometimes 

 the appetite is gone. The quantity of milk (if it is a milch 

 cow) will be decreased in amount, and the cud is no longer 

 chewed. 



TREATMENT. If the diarrhoea is severe, give some of the 

 remedies recommended for diarrhoea, but if there is no diarrhoea, 

 give food which will tend to loosen the bowels; or, if the bowels 

 are costive, 



Take Epsom Salts, 10 ounces. 



Compound Tincture of Gentian, . . .2 ounces. 

 Tincture of Ginger, ..... 1 ounce. 



Mix, and give in thin gruel, and if the bowels do not act in 

 twelve hours, repeat the dose; and, 



Take Laudanum, ....... 1 ounce. 



Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia, .... 1 ounce. 



Flaxseed Tea, 1 pint. 



Mix, and give in cold gruel three times a day; or, 



Take Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia, . . .1 ounce. 

 Fluid Extract of Belladonna, ... 1 dram. 

 Ale or Beer, ....... 1 pint. 



Mix, and give three times a day ; and if there is much fever, 

 add to either of the foregoing one ounce of sulphate of potash, 

 until the fever is reduced. Causing the animal to breathe steam 

 is useful, but be careful or you will choke it. 



Anaemia. Anaemia means poverty of blood. It is pov- 

 erty of the red globules of the blood. It may be caused by 

 loss of blood from a wound, or from calving, or by want of 

 nourishing food, exposure to cold, etc. 



SYMPTOMS. All the mucous membranes are pale, or of a lead 

 or slate color, instead of the natural bright pink color ; the tongue, 

 lips, etc., are soft and flabby to the touch; the animal is in poor 

 condition; may or may not eat well, but in almost all cases the 

 digestion is impaired. If it is a horse, he is easily fatigued 

 when put to work, and slight, colicky pains occur from a very 

 slight change or irregularity in feeding. 



