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with 1 oz. of Nitrate of Potash, may be given, night and morning, in 

 a mash, with two to three drachms of Salicylate of Soda at noon '; if 

 the pain is very acute. Hypodermic injections of Morphia are useful 

 (See Appendix. ) 



144. Cripples or Crockles, a complaint of a rheumatic character, 

 from which cattle sometimes suffer, and which is generally known by 

 these names, most frequently occurs on strong, undrained land, 

 or on sour mossy ground. The animal suffering arches its back 

 and walks as if on stilts, it becomes hidebound, milk and flesh disappear 

 rapidly, and the beast is very fond of chewing bones, stones, and 

 foreign bodies. A change of pasture, with doses of 10 oz. linseed oil 

 and I oz. turpentine, twice or thrice weekly, I have found to answer 

 best in such a case. Dressing the land with lime or salt is also to be 

 highly recommended. In some farm buildings, young bulls, under 12 

 months old, are occasionally affected in a similar manner, and I 

 attribute it to the arrangement of the boxes, their imperfect sanitation 

 and ventilation, but more particularly their ground floor, Avhich is 

 frequently found to be laid with old red sandstone flags, having bad 

 drainage, and with ground damp evaporation. In these cases I always 

 recommend that the floor be pulled up, the soil dug to the depth of 

 eight or ten inches, then filled with stones, bricks, sand, &c., and 

 paved on the top with the old-fashioned blue cobble, or fluted stable 

 bricks. Dry wooden portable beds, raised four to six inches, also 

 answer admirably. The animal also ought to have the run of a large 

 yard or paddock in dry weather, while half the quantity of oil and 

 turpentine mentioned above should be given. Drachm doses of 

 Salicylate of Soda may also be given once or twice a day. 



145. Kennel Cripple or Lameness in dogs is not now so common 

 as formerly. It is, in my opinion, analogous to the foregoing complaint, 

 and due to a similar cause. Sanitation, ventilation, and good dry wooden 

 beds, raised 18 to 20 inches from the ground, are necessary, as well 

 as a good dry ground floor. Change of quarters, with doses of 

 Salicylate of Soda, are recommended for the treatment of this 

 disorder. 



