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THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE OX. 



Stiffness of gait, dulness, and slight fever. According to some 

 writers, it may assume an epizootic form. The Schneiderian 

 membrane is red and swollen, at first dry, but soon gives a 

 watery discharge which becomes of a thick mucous character, 

 and afterwards muco-purulent. The patient coughs and sneezes, 

 and a profuse mucous discharge from the eyes may set in. Place 

 the animal in a well-ventilated shed, and steam the nostrils by 



Figure 47. 



Another method of application of steam to the nostrils in a case of simple 

 Catarrh. (After Armatage.) 



means of an antiseptic inhalation. A medium dose of Epsom 

 salts, together with a diffusible stimulant, may be administered, 

 and the animal should be carefully attended to. 



EPISTAXIS. 



Eputaxis, or bleeding from the nostrils, sometimes occurs 

 as a symptom of serious blood disorders in which ulceration or 

 rupture of blood-vessels of the Schneiderian membrane has taken 

 place. In the case of working oxen this bleeding of the nose 

 may come on from exposure to the heat of the sun, which has 

 brought on congestion and rupture of the blood-vessels. Again, 

 it may be brought on by an injury. Cold-water and styptic 

 applications or plugging of the nostrils may be necessary. The 

 bleeding may come on from polypus in the nasal chamber, which 

 may be removed by means of a ligature, or by the help of 

 that valuable instrument called the ecraseur. Moreover, 



