840 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



No. 14. 1 Ounce linseed oil, 1 Ounce oil of turpentine, 



1 Ounce liguor ammonia, Mix. 



Apply the following lotion to the eyes, if not eaten through: 



No. 15. 10 Grains nitrate of silver, I Ounce water, Mix. 



Apply twice a day to the cornea with a camel's hair brush. If the 



cornea is punctured, touch it once a day with a stick of lunar caustic, in 



addition to using lotion No 15. Touch the caustic directly to the hole 



in the cornea. 



IX. Malignant Sore Throat. 



This is a disease that centers itself in the throat, in the form of acute 

 inflammation, followed by an effusion that is 

 apt to cause suffocation by pressure on the lar 

 ynx. Its scientific designation is (xdema glot 

 tidis. It is fatal to cattle; also to swine, ir^ 

 which it is known as quinsy. The malignant 

 sore throat of anthrax is a different thing, though 

 many of the symptoms are similar. 



How to know it. — It starts like a common 

 MALIGNANT SORE THROAT. cold, — somc f cvcr, injectcd mucous membranes, 

 cough, etc. ; the throat swells enormously ; the 

 tongue becomes spotted with purple, and is protruded : the animal gasps 

 for ])reath, until at length he falls suffocated, struggles a little, and dies. 

 What to do. — It usually attains its height in three or four days. Ap- 

 ply recipe No. 14 to the throat, externally, and inject a little of the fol- 

 lowing well back into the throat, several times a day ; 

 No. 13. 1 Ounce chlorate of potash, 



1 Pint water, 

 Mix. 



If speedy suffocation is threatened, tracheotomy must be performed. 

 (See "Operations.") 



The flesh of cattle affected with this disease is very poisonous, causing 

 putrid fever in those eating it. The carcass should be buried deep, with- 

 out removing the skin. 



Cornstalk Disease: — This is a disease peculiar to parts of the United 

 States, particularly in the west central pait. It conies on without appar- 

 ent warning and no .satisfactory treatment is at hand. Prevention is 

 the main thing and recommendations are made here. Stilt the cattle reg- 

 ularly and have plenty of good water to drink. Do not let them depend 

 exclusively upon the stalks, but give them a run to alfalfa or some other 

 kind of hay. If the disease is at all suspected give to each one in his 

 drinking water, once a day, a tcaspoonful^ of hyposulphite of soda and 

 sulphate of quinine in the proportion of eighteen parts of the former to 

 one of the latter. Provide a shed for them to sleep under, especially 

 when there is great extremes of temperature between the night and the 

 day. 

 Sorghum poisoning: — Give modaisses, milk and fresh air. 



