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in the part. Connected with this last cause is the necessity of the 

 advice already given, to milk the cow as clean as possible, at least 

 twice in the day, during the existence and treatment of garget. 



Homoeopathic treatment. — 1. Injiamw.atory tumefaction. — A little 

 time before and after calving, particularly in the first birth, often too 

 at other periods, there is observed on the udder a painful inflamma- 

 tory swelling : the organ is hard, tense, hot and red ; the entire, or 

 only a part, is affected with swelling. The animal has rather high 

 fever, a sharp thirst, the mouth is dry, and there is but little appetite ; 

 the secretion of milk is more or less diminished. This disease is 

 produced by different causes. The most common are contusion, 

 stings of insects, cold, the too prolonged' retention of milk, &c. Some 

 say it has been occasioned by too little exercise. If it has been 

 caused by external injury, frequently moistening the part with arnica 

 water is sufficient to cure it ; a dose of it should also be taken inter- 

 nally every day. Arsenicum should be employed only when the 

 disease has been neglected, or when there have supervened gan- 

 grenous inflammation or ill-conducted ulcerations with hard and 

 everted edges. After cold, the cure is readily obtained by aconitum 

 at first, then hryonia ; if the latter does not suffice, dulcamara. 

 Chamomilla also has frequently proved useful. Belladonna has 

 been found a specific in the treatment of erysipelatous inflammation. 

 However, others recommend arnica, camphora, phosphorus and silicea. 

 In the inflammation which comes on a little before or after calving, 

 belladonna and chamomilla are specifics ; chamomilla more especially 

 when nodosities are felt in the organ, without the external integuments 

 participating in it. If the inflammation passes into gangrene, or 

 produces malignant ulcers, arseniciim should be administered ; if, 

 gangrene having supervened, the skin readily becomes detached, 

 secale cornutum should be employed. Silicea also produces good 

 effects in obstinate ulcers ; asafoetida. and mercurius vivus in treating 

 unhealthy suppuration. We may also in such a case recommend cahor 

 vegetahilis, calcarea carhonica, and pulsatilla, the latter more especially 

 when fistulous sores begin to form. 



The abnormal swelling of the udder, especially when caused by 

 cold or moisture, yields to lotions repeated several times a day with 

 camphoretted brandy. 



2. Induration. — This proceeds from the same causes as inflam- 

 mation, and may also result from internal causes. It is or is not 

 accompanied with pains and suppression of milk : the latter often 

 assumes a bad color, or undergoes some other change, becomes gran- 

 ular and puriform. If the indurations are painful and consist of 

 rounded tubercles, they are resolved in ten or twelve days, either by 

 bryonia (one dose morning and evening), or by chamomilla, chiefly 

 when the tumor yields a crackling noise on being touched, tf the 

 cause has been an external injury, we must have recourse to a few 



