72 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



soon relieved its brain becomes affected and it will 

 die of convulsions. In making post-mortem exam- 

 inations of cases of this kind the liver is found en- 

 larged and distended with blood; in some cases it 

 may be only in patches, the other parts being of a 

 gray or light brown color, which shows that it has 

 undergone change when the disease has been of 

 longer duration; very often it is found that the ca- 

 pillaries of the liver have given w r ay and the blood 

 has extravasated into the liver tissue, and that it 

 is badly broken up and is only held together by its 

 capsule. 



Treatment: For the horse, give aloes, one ounce, 

 as a physic; for cattle, one and a half pounds of Ep- 

 som salts;, this to be followed by giving a stimu- 

 lant of spirits of nitrous ether, two ounces in half a 

 pint of cold w r ater, three times a day. After the 

 physic has operated take four ounces sulphuric 

 acid diluted, compound tincture of cinnamon four 

 ounces, mix, and give a tablespoonful in a quart 

 of water three times a day to horses or cattle until 

 the animal improves. If the liver remains inactive 

 after this treatment, give one dram of the extract 

 of podophyllum and one dram of calomel, made into 

 a ball or given in a quart of oatmeal gruel once a 

 day until it acts on the bowels. 



HEPATITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER). 



This derangement is sometimes seen in both 

 horses and cattle, and is caused by their being in 

 too plethoric conditions in hot weather. It is said 

 also to be caused by changes of temperature, of 



