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iver, and a tendency to restore its healthy action; therefore, while 

 the tonic drink (No. 13, p. 54) is given in the morning, the following 

 may be given at night : 



RECIPE (No. 14). 



Drink for the Yellows. — Take, of calomel and opium, a scruple each : mix and sus- 

 pend in a little thick gruel. 



If, on pressing the sides, the animal evinces pain, we may suspect 

 some inflammation of the liver; and a blister on the sides, but par- 

 ticularly the right side, will be useful. 



After the yellowness is removed, and the beast restored to health, 

 the tonic drijih (No. 13, p. 54) should be given twice in the week for 

 a month. This will contribute to restore the weakened appetite, and 

 particularly will bring back to the cow the proper flush of milk. 



CHAPTER X. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN. 



This is not a very frequent, but a most frightful disease. It is 

 commonly known by the names phrenzy or soui^h. It is most preva- 

 lent among w'ell-fed cattle, and particularly in the summer months. 

 In the early period of it the beast is dull and stupid. He stands with 

 his head protruded, or pressed against something for support. He 

 refuses to eat, ceases to ruminate, and is, in a manner, unconscious 

 of surrounding objects. Nov/ and then he will stand motionless for 

 a long time, and then suddenly drop ; he will start up immediately, 

 gaze around him with an expression of wildness and fear, and then 

 sink again into his former lethargy. All at once, however, his eyes 

 will become red, and seemingly starting from their sockets; the 

 countenance will be both anxious and wild ; the animal will stagger 

 about, falling and rising again, and running unconsciously against 

 everything in his way: at other times he will be conscious enough 

 of things around him, and possessed with an irrepressible desire to 

 do mischief. He will stamp with his feet, tear up the ground with 

 his horns, run at every one within his reach, and with tenfold fury at 

 any red object; bellowing all the while most tremendously, and this 

 he will continue until nature is quite exhausted : a sudden and vio- 

 lent trembling will then come over him, he will grind his teeth, and 

 the saliva will pour from his mouth ; he will fall, every limb will be 

 convulsed, and he will presently die. 



Causes. — It proceeds most commonly from a redundancy of blood 

 in the system, called by farmers an overf.owing of the blood ; and 

 this is induced by cattle thriving too fast when turned on rich pas- 

 ture-frrounds, or their being fed too quickly in older to get them into 

 condition for show oj- sale. It is sometimes occasioned by the intense 



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