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attempt to raise a dead cow to life. Next, the patient, whose 

 appetite is ahnost sure to be impaired, should be fed on that 

 kind of food which contains more carbon and nitrogen than 

 common hay ; viz., oatmeal. In case of a complete suspension 

 of rumination, — loss of cud, — a due proportion per diem of 

 oatmeal gruel, sweetened with some sacharine matter, may be 

 administered from a boitle. Every morning the patient should 

 have four ounces of the best cod liver oil ; this can be contin- 

 ued until its action is made manifest by purging. Every even- 

 ing give the patient a dose of the following : 



Powdered Phosphate of Lime (pure), 3 ounces. 



" Bloodroot, 1 ounce. 



'« Bayberry Bark, 4 drachms. 



" Sassafras, 2 ounces. Mix. 



Divide the mixture into sixteen parts. 



The above is, according to my experience, the most rational 

 method of treating this disease ; but the farmer must not feel 

 disappointed if he fails in arresting it, for it frequently baffles 

 the most consummate skill. 



PHARYNGITIS. — (Sore Throat.) 



The term pharyngitis^ signifies inflammation of the mem- 

 brane lining in the pharyngial inlet, or funnel-like entrance 

 into the oesophagus, or gullet. The diagnostic symptom of 

 this affection is as follows ; the subject is unable to swallow, 

 and thus, the food taken into the mouth is apt to be returned 

 by the nostrils. * On exploring the inferior region of the 

 throat, from ear to ear, considerable swelling or tumefaction 

 is encountered ; yet the pharyngial muscles appear to be con- 

 stricted. It generally appears among cattle as a simple local 

 affection, yet it often accompanies other diseases of the respira- 

 tory character, and whenever it does appear as a local maladj', 

 it is apt to merge into something else. It is a very distressing 

 affection, and the animal gets but little relief until suppuration 

 commences, then a free discharge takes place. 



* This happens occasionally, although the passage of the nasal inlet 

 is much smaller than it is in horses. 



