298 Diseases of Cattle. 



Purges of all kinds are utterly out of place. They are 

 both useless and harmful. The only medicine to give by 

 the mouth is the following : — 



No. 334. Laudanum, 2 oz. 



Extract of belladonna, 2 drachms. 



Essence of ginger, 1 drachm. 



Eub down the extract in a pint of linseed tea, and give the whole 

 every two or three hours. 



No. fears must be had of over dosing, as it is a hand to 

 hand fight with death. 



Large clysters of warm water should be given by the rec- 

 tum, and repeated every two hours. In some instances the 

 addition of a spoonful of tobacco tea to these clysters have 

 brought about severe nausea, and with it a relaxation of the 

 " tie,'' followed by prompt relief. 



THE YELLOWS— CONGESTION AND INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER. 



This is by no means so common a disease among cattle as 

 many farriers would have us believe. It is more frequent 

 in the Southern than in the Northern States, in the late sum- 

 mer and fall than at other seasons, and in milk cows and 

 stall fed steers than in other members of the herd. 



Causes. — Over feeding with rich food, the use of heating 

 condition powders, sudden changes of the weather from hot to 

 cold, producing chills, excessive milking, gall stones, and old 

 age. 



Symptoms.— The animal " loses the cud," as the herdmen 

 say ; that is, he ceases to ruminate. He appears dull and 

 languid, is hide bound, and has a rough, unhealthy coat. 

 He is loath to move, loses appetite and is generally listless 

 and sluggish. Sometimes he staggers and seems weak. 



On examining the whites of the eyes and the interior of 

 the mouth, it is found that they have a dull, muddy, yellow- 

 ish cast. The bowels are generally costive or have a loose, ill- 



