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and the fever is subdued, little is required but good 

 nursing to restore the patient. 



No powerful medicines should be used without dis- 

 cretion ; for in the milder forms of the disease, as the 

 simple palsy of the hind extremities, the treatment, 

 though of a similar character, should be less powerful, 

 and every effort should be made for the comfort of the 

 cow, by providing a thick bed of straw, and raising the 

 fore quarters to assist the efforts of nature, while all 

 filth should be promptly and carefully removed. She 

 may be covered with a warm cloth, and warm gruel 

 should be frequently offered to her, and light mashes. 

 An attempt should be made several times a day to 

 bring milk from the teats. The return of milk is an 

 indication of speedy recovery. 



Milch cows in too high condition appear to have a 

 constitutional tendency to this complaint, and one 

 attack of it predisposes them to another. 



SIMPLE FEVER. This may be considered as increased 

 arterial action, with or without any local affection ; or 

 it may be the consequence of the sympathy of the sys- 

 tem with the morbid condition of some particular part. 

 The first is pure or idiopathic fever ; the other, symptom- 

 atic fever. Pure fever is of frequent occurrence in cattle. 

 Symptoms as follows : muzzle dry ; rumination slow 

 or entirely suspended ; respiration slightly accelerated ; 

 the horn at the root hot, and its other extremity fre- 

 quently cold ; pulse quick ; bowels constipated ; coat 

 staring, and the cow is usually seen separated from the 

 rest of the herd. In slight attacks, a cathartic of salts, 

 sulphur, and ginger, is sufficient. But, if the common 

 fever is neglected, or improperly treated, it may assume, 

 after a time, a local determination, as pleurisy, or 

 inflammation of the lungs or bowels. In such cases the 

 above remedy would be insufficient, and a veterinary 



