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could be given in oatmeal gruel ; nitrate of potassi- 

 um in half-ounce doses three times a day in the 

 drinking water. After the physic operated it got 

 one dram of diluted nitro-hydrochloric acid three 

 times a day in half a pint of cold water for one 

 week, and by this time the animal had completely 

 recovered. Gamgee mentions an animal which 

 died of jaundice, caused by a blocking up of the gall 

 duct by gall stones. Hydatids, abscesses and other 

 enlargements blocking up the gall duct will cause 

 jaundice and may be the death of the animal. Cat- 

 tle are sometimes affected with jaundice. For them 

 Epsom salts in doses of one and a half pounds, dis- 

 solved in half a gallon of water, and given at one 

 dose. After the physic operates give the acid as 

 above mentioned. 



CONGESTION OP THE LIVER. 



This is not a common disease among animals, 

 but it is sometimes seen in horses and cattle that 

 have been highly fed on stimulating foods. 



Symptoms : There is high fever, fast pulse, from 

 eighty to ninety in cattle, and sixty to eighty in the 

 horse; the temperature is one hundred and three to 

 one hundred and five, appetite is lost, there is con- 

 siderable thirst, and it has been noticed that the 

 limbs and ears are cold, the eyes are dilated and 

 blanched, the animal is very restive and looks 

 around at its right side; the horse is stiff, and if 

 made to walk will be lame in its right fore leg, the 

 urine is high colored, the breath is foetid, and the 

 mouth is hot and clammy. If the animal is not 



