70 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



CHAPTER IV. 



DISEASES OF THE LIVER. 



The majority of the diseases of the liver in ani- 

 mals are difficult to detect during life, and it is only 

 on post-mortem examinations that it is found that 

 I the liver has been diseased. Indeed, it is wonderful 

 sometimes to find such a diseased condition of this 

 organ, and yet the animal having been in apparent 

 good health and flesh up to the time when it was 

 killed. On the other hand I have seen cases of 

 great emaciation and dropsy, especially in cattle, 

 from diseases of this organ. 



Jaundice. — This disease is sometimes seen in 

 the horse and ox. I had a well-marked 

 case of jaundice in a horse. It presented 

 the following symptoms: Dullness, loss of 

 appetite, some fever, feces light-colored, urine 

 scanty and dark in color. The membrane 

 of the eyes, mouth, and nostrils were very yel- 

 low, and the animal's breath was very foul smell- 

 ing. At first the mouth was, dry and somewhat 

 clammy, the pulse sixty-six and strong, the animal 

 seemed stiff on being moved, and if left alone would 

 stand in one position for hours; the bowels were 

 somewhat constipated. This horse had been well 

 fed, with very little work and that irregular. In 

 this case the treatment was as follows: Aloes, six 

 drams; calomel, one dram; made into a ball, or it 



