118 NON-SPECIFIC OR GENERAL DISEASES 



The treatment is largely along preventive lines. A predis- 

 position toward rickets, and injuries, may be prevented by feed- 

 ing a proper ration, and permitting the animal to take exercise. 

 The quarters and the attendant are frequently responsible for 

 injuries. If this is the case, the rough handling of the animals 

 should be immediately corrected, and any condition of the quar- 

 ters that favors the crowding or piling up of animals should be 

 changed. Large animals may be placed in swings if they are 

 able to support a part of their weight on the hind limbs. This is 

 especially indicated at the very beginning of the disorder. Small 

 animals should be given a good bed. A very light, easily digested 

 ration should be fed. An occasional physic should be adminis- 

 tered. Strychnine and iodide of potassium may be given. Cold 

 applications to the back are indicated. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What organs comprise the central portion of the nervous system? 



Peripheral portion? 



2. Give a general description of the brain. 



3. Give a general description of the spinal cord. 



4. What is the sympathetic system? 



5. Describe the causes and symptoms of congestion of the brain. 



6. What is heatstroke? Give the treatment. 



7. Give the preventive and curative treatment of inflammation of the brain. 



8. State the causes, and give the proper treatment of paralysis of the pos- 



terior portion of the body. 



