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of the head and pulsation of those of the neck. Sulphur should be 

 given as consecutive treatment. Hijoscyamus is indicated, moi-e 

 especially when helladonna does n^'!; suffice. If there be suddenly a 

 calm, stupor, or somnolence, or if the disease has been occasioned by 

 insolation, opium is to be prescribed without delay. Veratrum is 

 indicated when the animal throws itself about and places itself agamst 

 the wall. 



Sometimes the disease does not run its full course. There is but 

 a slight degree of inflammation, or theie may be sudden determmacion 

 or flow of blood to the head, from some occasional cause, and witiiout 

 inflammation. This is known by the name of 



STAGGERS ; OR, SWIMMING IN THE HEAD. 



The symptoms are heaviness and dullness; a constant disposition 

 to sleep, which is manifested by the beast resting its head \jfwfx any 

 convenient place ; and he reels or staggers when he attempts lo >valk. 

 If this disease be not checked by bleeding, purging, and proper man- 

 agement, it will probably terminate in inflammation of the Drain or 

 inflammatory fever. 



It mostly attacks those cattle that have been kept in a state of 

 poverty and starvation during the winter season, and in the spring 

 of the year have been admitted into too fertile a pasture : hence is 

 produced a redundancy of blood in the system, which, on the slight- 

 est disturbance, or even naturally, gives rise to the disease. 



The cure must be attempted by taking four, five, or six quarts of 

 blood from the animal, according to its size and strength ; purging 

 drink must then be administered, and continued in half-doses every 

 eight hours, until the full purgative eff'ect is produced. If the animal 

 be not relieved in the course of tv/o hours from the first bleeding, the 

 operation must be repeated to the same extent, unless the beast 

 should become faint ; and the bowels must be kept in a loose or 

 rather purging state. As soon as the bowels are opened, the fever 

 drink should be jiven, morning, noon, and night, until the patient is 

 well. Nothing more than a very little mash should be allowed, and 

 all cordials should be avoided as absolutely destructive to the beast. 

 When the animal appears to be doing well, he must return very 

 slowly to his usual food ; a seton should be put in the dewlap, and 

 occasional doses of Epsom salts given. 



Homceopathic treatment. — Belladonna is particularly useful at the 

 onset of the disease ; two or three doses are to be taken daily, until 

 the symptoms have disappeared, after which the doses are to be given 

 at longer intervals, and the treatment terminated with sulphur. 



TETANUS, OR LOCKED JAW. 



The nerves proceeding from the spinal chord are of two kinds, 

 those by which the power of voluntary motion is conveyed to the 



