ox 



cause, and can only be cured by the 



same treatment. In these eases, 15 

 or 20 (lro|)s of the erotoii oil should 

 be added to the aperient. 



" Locked jaw too frequently bids de- 

 fiance to medical treatment ; the only 

 hope of cure consists in active bleed- 

 ing and the continued use of Epsom 

 salts and crolon oil, until the bowels 

 are opened. Immediately after tiie 

 bleeding, the jaws wdl usually be 

 found sufficiently relaxed to admit of 

 the administration of medicine. This 

 golden opportunity should never be 

 lost. As an adjuvant, a seton of 

 black hellebore in the dewlap may be 

 tried. 



" Young cattle are occasionally 

 subject to Jils. Almost without warn- 

 ing the beast staggers, falls, bellows, 

 and is convulsed in every limb : tiiis 

 is the consequence of over-heating 

 or over-driving, or both. The physic 

 and the fleam must be here put into 

 active use. Perhaps it would be pru- 

 dent to send such a patient to the 

 butcher with very little delay. 



" Rhcumalism. — There are few dis- 

 eases of more frequent occurrence 

 among cattle than this. It is not long 

 absent in a low marshy situation, and 

 it is the constant attendant on care- 

 less or cruel exposure to cold and 

 wet. It is recognised by the difficul- 

 ty of motion and the occasional ex- 

 pression of pain. The cure is com- 

 prehended in one word, 'comfort.' A 

 little mild physic, with warm, com- 

 fortable drinks and gently stimulating 

 applications, will hasten and confirm 

 the cure. 



" Connected with, or a consequence 

 of rheumatism, is swelled joints, yield- 

 ing sometimes to stimulating embro- 

 cations and comfortable lodging. 

 There are, however, other tumours 

 unconnected witli the influence of 

 cold ; such are fluctuating tumours, 

 usually about the knees, which re- 

 quire stimulating embrocations, and 

 the occasional use of the budding- 

 iron, followed by the application of a 

 blister when the fluid lias escaped 

 Otiier tumours, also in the neighbour- 

 hood of joints, are (;f a hard cliaiae- 

 ter ; they will generally yield to fric- 



tions with an ointment of the hydrio- 

 date of potash, this drug being also 

 administered internally in doses of 

 six or eight grains daily. ^I'he too 

 frequent consequence of these affec- 

 tions is palsy, at first confined to cer- 

 tain limbs, but gradually spreading 

 over the frame, being, however, most 

 visible in the hind extremities. Here, 

 again, the whole treatment may be 

 included in the comprehensive word 

 ' comfort.' Small doses of physic, 

 the administration of the white anii- 

 monial powder, the use of stimula- 

 ting embrocations, with warm lodg- 

 ing and good food, especially mashes, 

 will be useful adjuvants. 



" As for that species of nervous 

 affection rabies or madness, it admits 

 not of cure ; and it has but one cause, 

 namely, the bite of a rabid or mad 

 dog. If a farmer knows that certain 

 beasts have been bitten, or has strong 

 reason to suspect it, he will act wise- 

 ly in sending them to the butcher, for 

 after the disease has once appeared 

 there is no cure, and the meat is 

 spoiled. 



" It is time to recur to the diseases 

 of other systems and parts. Too fre- 

 quent and destructive is that inflam- 

 mation of the tongue and mouth rec- 

 ognised by the name of blain ; it con- 

 sists of vesicles and tumours occu- 

 pying the side of the tongue and the 

 membrane of the mouth, speedily ul- 

 cerating, becoming gangrenous, pro- 

 ducing much swelling of the face and 

 head, and rapidly destroying the ani- 

 mal. It often appears under the form 

 of an epidemic, and it is frequently 

 contagious. The mouth should be 

 well cleansed with a solution of the 

 chloride of lime. Blood should be 

 abstracted in an early period of the 

 disease, and mild purgatives admin- 

 istered ; but if the complaint has at- 

 tained its height before any treat- 

 ment is adopted, the chloride of lime 

 should still be used, and also the 

 physic, but it should be accompanied 

 by some stimulating ingredients, as 

 gentian or ginger, or boih. 



"All cattle are subject to fever; 

 the dry muzzle, and the heat at the 

 root of the horn, and the heaving at 



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