THE DISEASES OF CATTLE. 349 



The swollen tongue should be frequently covered with fine 

 salt ; and the moment there appears any improvement, tonic 

 medicines should be given. One ounce of the fluid extract of 

 camomile flowers may be given, twice daily. This remedy will 

 give tone to the system and restore the appetite. 



The Wilmington (Delaware) Herald says : the disease called 

 "black tongue," which has been causing such wide-spread 

 destruction among the cattle, particularly cows, in the States 

 South, has reached that place, and one or two cows have 

 died with it, and others are infected. A particular watch has 

 been, in consequence, kept upon the markets by the municipal 

 authorities. 



It is about time that the stock-raisers in this country should 

 endeavor to use their influence and means for the purpose of 

 establishing veterinary schools, or rather, in view of sustaining 

 those now incorporated ; for should this country ever be visited 

 by any of those dreadful epizootics which occasionally rage in 

 Europe, a vast amount of property will be sacrificed. Very 

 few persons in the United States know anything about the na- 

 ture or treatment of " black tongue," or indeed any of the in- 

 fectious and contagious epizootics ; and if they should make 

 their appearance among live stock, death will run riot, just 

 because of our ignorance and neglect in educating men for the 

 business. 



I do hope that a change in the sentiments of stock-owners 

 will ere long take place, and that they may be led to see the 

 necessity of having an efficient corps of veterinary surgeons, 

 properly qualified, to render valuable service in the time of 

 need. In times of health, prepare to guard against sickness 

 and death. 



ORGANIC COMPOSITION OF THE BODY. 



On inspecting the animal body, or rather, a part of it, 

 under the livid rays of a powerful microscope, we find that it 

 is composed of laminated cells of different degrees of compact- 

 ness. The inlets and outlets of this vast piece of animal 

 30 349 



