Charbon in Cattle. 281 



Of undoubted and positive efficacy both in the prevention 

 and treatment of this disease is a seton in the dewlap, and it 

 should always be inserted at the first intimation of the 

 malady, smeared with irritating ointment and turned every 

 day. It should be a broad, coarse tape, a foot long and an inch 

 wide, and it should remain in six or eight weeks. 



All animals who die of any form of this disease should be 

 buried at once, as their flesh is poisonous to man and beast, 

 and the odor from their decaying bodies is believed to dis- 

 seminate the disease. 



Recent French authors recommend as specifics large doses 

 of quinine, one to two drachms repeated every two or three 

 hours in severe cases ; and the hypodermic injection of a solu- 

 tion of iodine in the followino; solution : 



In extreme cases this may be thrown into the veins. It is 

 of absolute importance that with this treatment the strength 

 be kept up with frequent doses of stimulants, among which 

 these writers recommend most strongly the carbonate of 

 ammonia. 



The germs of the disease, when it is epidemic among ani- 

 mals, may be destroyed by fumigation with sulphur (as re- 

 commended, page 28), and by sprihkling the forage or 

 pastures with solutions of sulphuric acid, one drachms to two 

 gallons of water. 



TEXAS CATTLE DISEASE— SPANISH FEVER— SPLENIC FEVEB. 



Definition. — A contagious fever originating in the low 

 swampy lands of Southern Texas, and extended by the ex- 

 portation of cattle to other sections. In its effects on the sys- 

 tem it very closely resembles the Emderpest of Asiatic Rus- 



