CATTLE DOCTOR. SW 



Bpiration is sour and putrid ; the head swells rapidly ; 

 tne (oiijriie protrudes from the mouth ; and the saliva, 

 at first stinking, hut afterwards purulent, bloody, and 

 morc^ and more oflensive, Hows from the mouth. A crack- 

 ling is heard under the skin ; tumors appear, and ab- 

 scesses are formed in various parts. 



The treatment \\ ould be, first, and the most impor- 

 tant thing of all, to separate the diseased from the 

 sound, which seemed to be in the slightest degree af- 

 fected, to some isolated portion of the farm where con- 

 tact with others .would be impossible. 



The sick only should be taken away, and that as 

 speedily as possible. 



In the early stage of the disease there can be no doubt 

 of the propriety of bleeding. The fever, which, accord- 

 ing to every account, characterizes the first attack, 

 should, if possible, be subdued. The animal should be 

 bled, in proportion to his size, condition, and the degree 

 of fever : he should be bled, in fact, until the pulse be- 

 gins tu falter or he begins to stagger. The blood should 

 be taken in as full a stream as possible, that the con- 

 stitution might be more speedily and beneficially af- 

 fected. 



Then we should with great propriety administer a 

 brisk purgative. A pound or twenty ounces of Epsom 

 salts should be given in a sufficient quantity of thin 

 gruel. 



Next, we should attend to the diet. Green succulent 

 grass would scarcely be allow^ed, because it would pro- 

 bably not a little increase the purging ; but mashes of 

 bran, with a little bean-meal, carrots, or sweet old hay, 

 should be given in moderate quantities. The fact stands 

 loo clearly upon record, that nineteen animals out of 

 twenty, seized witli the murrain, have died. That on 

 which I should put most dependence would be the fol- 

 lowing : 



RECIPE. 



Drink for Murrain. — Take sweet spirit of nitre, half 



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