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from too hot stabling ; and it is good practice to insert a 

 seton, and thus establish counter-irritation from the lungs. 



CONSUMPTION— WASTING— PINING. 



Definition. — A tuberculous disease, allied to phthisis in 

 the human race ; in cattle, rarely found attacking solely the 

 lungs, but rather the intestines, mesentery and serous mem- 

 branes, and other tissues. 



Causes. — Consumption in cattle, as in the human race, is 

 very often hereditary, and often follows severe and neglected 

 colds, insufficient food, exposure to cold and wet, excessive 

 milking, and as a sequel to various acute diseases. 



Symptoms.— These differ in respect to the parts of the 

 system which the disease attacks. 



When its seat is the intestines, it produces tubercular 

 chronic dysentery. There is a constant scouring, with the 

 discharges bloody, very foul smelling, and mixed with pus. 

 This, and the wasting of the flesh and fever, strongly resem- 

 ble ordinary chronic dysentery ; and, indeed, it is generally 

 considered during life to be this latter disease. 



In general consumption, the early signs are unthriftiness, 

 irregular appetite, a dry cough, a dull skin and dirty hair. 

 If it is a cow, she will probably abort, the milk wdll become 

 thin and watery, and if not pregnant she will probably have 

 violent and continued sexual desire. 



"With these signs there is steady loss of flesh ; the cough 

 increases but there is no discharge from the nose or mouth ; 

 the digestive organs are weak, and watery diarrhea may set 

 in, which soon reduces the animal to a skeleton and destroys 



life. 



By listening k> the lungs, some differences from the natural 

 sound are nearly always heard, but these are neither constant 



