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Apthds (chhdru\ Powdered round pepper and salt should 

 be rubbed on the tongue, as deep as possible, when an 

 animal goes off feed from this cause and begins to salivate. 

 Another remedy successfully applied by gowdlds is letting 

 the affected animal lick a basket rubbed over with a mixture 

 of turmeric and salt. 



CHAPTER C. 



THK THEORY OF HEAI/TH IN RELATION TO FOODS AND FODDERS. 



'"PHE food or fodder should contain all the constituents in 

 their proper proportions for the building up of animal 

 tissues. Animal tissues again are all built or formed out of 

 blood, and blood is therefore the life or vital fluid, which it 

 should be the object of food to keep in proper condition. Blood 

 is not a formed, but it is the ultimate formative, tissue of all 

 animals including man. It is a highly complex fluid and 

 it is greatly influenced by surrounding conditions. It circu- 

 lates through a perfectly germ-proof channel and unless there 

 are sores on the skin or in the alimentary canal which serve 

 as open doors of access of pathogenic germs, it is not so 

 susceptible to get diseased as one might think looking only 

 to the fact of the highly nourishing properties of the fluid 

 for those germs which surround us even in the healthiest 

 climates. 



1,034. Blood consists of fluids and solids which should be 

 kept at a definite proportion if health is to be maintained. 

 Some departure from this proportion is constantly occurring 

 and must occur ; but a persistent and exces.sive departure, 

 from this proportion is the predisposing cause of most 

 diseases whether they are due to pathogenic organisms or 

 not. Even anthrax and anthracoid diseases need a certain 

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