304 Diseases of Cattle, 



When the dysentery is of an epidemic character, Mr. 

 Gamgee recommends that the early feverish symptoms be 

 subdued with twenty or thirty drops of the tincture of acon- 

 ite root, given twice daily ; and this followed, when the acute 

 symptoms subside, with one of the following : — 



No. 348. Chloride of lime, 



Tincture of arnica, each 2 drachms. 



Nitric ether, 1 oz. 



To be given two or three times a day in gruel. 



Or, 



No. 349. Solution of potash, 



Wine of ipecac, of each 1 oz. 



Tincture of cantharides, ^ cz. 



To be given in a quart of warm gruel daily. 



When the discharges are slimy, bloody and weakening, 

 sometimes rapid improvement is derived from the fol- 

 lowing : — 



No. 350. Corrosive sublimate. 8 grains. 



Water, 1 pint. 



Give one to two tablespoonfuls of this in a quart of water every two 

 hours. The dose must, on no account, be greater than this. 



This is well spoken of by Mr. Finlay Dun and others. 



MILK SICKNESS— THE TKEMBLES. 



Definition. — A disease of unknown origin, affecting the 

 blood and nervous system, strictly confined to certain locali- 

 ties in the Western and Southern States. 



Cause. — This very strange disease has completely puzzled 

 all observers to account for its appearance. It is developed 

 in cattle by pasturing in certain definite localities, a particu- 

 lar meadow, mountain side or bottom. Many have attrib- 

 uted it to eating some poisonous plants, especially the white 

 snake root, Eupatorium agei^atoides. But the flora of the 

 localities in question has been repeatedly scrutinized by 

 competent botanists, and no plant whatever of a poisonous 



