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or to the extremes of heat and cold, there is considerable nasal 

 gleet, not interfering much with health, but unpleasant to the eye 

 and annoying to the animal, and which, in despite of the most care- 

 ful treatment, will remain. When, however, the warmth of spring 

 returns, it sometimes gradually disappears. This, however, is one 

 of the most favorable cases ; for it will occur that, from some im- 

 proper management, hoose or cough has gradually become connected 

 with the nasal discharge. The farmer has not observed this con- 

 nection, nor is he alarmed although the cough should remain when 

 the nasal discharge ceases : nay, he cares little about it, although 

 the cough should be a frequent and harrassing one, if the beast 

 does but carry its usual flesh, and yields its full quantity of milk : 

 when, however, the milk fails, and the cow begins to lose condition, 

 he, for the first time, looks about him, and then it is too late. 



We are now, however, speaking of coryza — inflammation of, and 

 discharge from, the membrane of the nose. It is a matter of the 

 utmost importance for the attendant upon cattle, to assure himself 

 that it is simple coryza. He should carefully examine whether 

 there be any cough, especially whether that cough be painful — any 

 increased labor of breathing — any diminution of appetite — suspension 

 of rumination — fever? The pulse, felt at the left side, and the tem- 

 perature of the root of the horn, will best ascertain this last particular. 



If there be nothing of these, still we have inflammation, and of a 

 character that soon connects itself with some or all of them ; there- 

 fore a mash may be given in the evening, and a few doses of cooling 

 medicine. 



The best fever medicine for cattle is half a drachm each of pow- 

 dered digitalis and emetic tartar, and two drachms each of nitre and 

 sulphur, which will constitute the medium fever-powder, to be given 

 as occasion may require, and increased or diminished in quantity, 

 according to the size and age of the beast, and the intensity of the 

 disease. This should be given in the form of drink. 



If it be simple coryza, add half a drachm of sulphate of copper 

 (blue vitriol,) finely powdered, to the other ingredients. This drug 

 seems to have a peculiar and a very beneficial termination to the 

 mucous membrane of the nose and its connecting cavities, and is very 

 useful in pure inflammat'on or ulceration of that membrane, or dis- 

 charge from it. A very slight degree of hoose, and particularly of 

 painful hoose, is a sufficient indication that the fever- powders alone 

 are to be used. 



Coryza may degenerate into catarrh, bronchitis, or inflammation of 

 the lungs ; the proper treatment will be indicated when those diseases 

 are taken into consideration. 



GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



Of these dreadful diseases we have never met with a case in cattle. 



