THE DISEASES OF CATTLE. 2oO 



anagmia is a condition of the body which indicates deficiency or 

 impairment of the integrity of the blood. The remedy is good 

 carbonaceous food, and a few doses of the following, to be mixed 

 with the food: — 



Phosphate of Lime, 6 ounces. 



Powdered Ginger, 2 ounces. 



Poplar Bark, 4 ounces. 



Mix, and divide the mass into eight parts. Give one part 

 every night. Amaurosis arising from over distention or a dis- 

 ordered condition of the stomach, ceases so soon as the cause 



is removed. 



OPHTHALMIA. 



Oplithalmia, or inflammation of the eye, is quite a common 

 affection among neat stock. It frequently occurs without any 

 assignable cause, except the concentration of morbid action, or 

 morbid material, in the tissual membranes. It is always at- 

 tended with more or less pain, tenderness, and tumefaction, 

 and the tears being secreted faster than they can be carried 

 through the ductus ad nasum, flow over the lower lid. This 

 simple diseased condition differs from what is known as spe- 

 cific, or periodical ophthalmia ; there is no constitutional dis- 

 turbance to be noticed, nor symptomatic fever, and the affection 

 appears to be confined to the conjunctivial membrane only. 



The treatment should commence by giving the animal a dose 

 of glauber salts; which consists of twelve ounces of salts dis- 

 solved in one quart of tepid water ; the action of this medicine 

 will be to remove morbid matter from the system. The eye 

 should be carefully fomented with a warm infusion of hops ; 

 after which, lay a piece of wetted rag over the eye and fasten 

 it to the horns. I could name many favorite local applications 

 — lotions — for the disease in this stage, but, in my opinion, 

 cold water surpasses them all. The food should consist of 

 scalded shorts; the animal to be kept quiet in comfortable 

 quarters. 



FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EYE. 

 If an animal should suffer in consequence of irritation and 



