192 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



after the evil has occurred. Be cautious in ',he use ol 

 this plant, as many persons are poisoned by touching it, 

 and even some by looking at it, or by its effluvia. 



For Oxen strained by Over-Drawing. Half a pint 

 of soft soap, stirred up in a pint of new milk, and poured 

 down the throat, is said to be a speedy cure. 



MAD ITCH. 



This disease frequently comes on with a kind of cough 

 or jerk, at every breath. The brute jerks itself full of 

 wind, frequently licking its sides and back, occasion 

 ally rubbing its head, and if not stopped in five or six 

 hours, it rubs with apparent madness, and continues to 

 swell till death, which will be within ten or twelve hours 

 after the attack. It is supposed that this disorder is 

 sometimes caused by cattle following hogs and eating 

 corn-stalks which hogs have chewed and rejected, after 

 extracting the sap or nutriment, and thus rendering 

 them indigestible, which creates a fever and destroys 

 the animal. 



Remedy. Give the animal as much salt and soot as 

 she will eat, and in a few hours give her from three 

 quarters to one pound of sulphur or pulverized brim- 

 stone. In twenty-four hours give her a pound of salt. 



JAUNDICE. OR YELLOWS. 



This disease is not acute, nor is it marked at once by 

 any prominent symptoms, but it creeps on insidiously, 

 and it frequently gains a strong hold before it is known, 

 and it is often obstinate and very difficult to remove. 



Causes. The immediate causes are, an affection of 

 the liver, by which there are too great secretions of the 

 bile, or it is too thick to pass freely, or the duct by which 

 the bile passes into the intestines is obstructed, and it is 

 thrown back into the circulation. The remote or origi- 

 nal cause is hard to trace. Food, drink, atmosphere, 

 exposure, want of exercise, and other circumstances, 

 have an influence. Inaction is the most fruitful cause, 

 cspeciaDy under high feeding. 



