108 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



condition of the blood vessels and other tissues of 

 the body by animals kept in badly ventilated sta- 

 bles; also from innutritious food. 



Symptoms of the disease arc swelling of various 

 parts of the body, more particularly about the head 

 and face ; they pit on pressure by the finger. In the 

 course of a few days a bloody water exudes from 

 the membrane of the nose and eyes. Very soon 

 after it will be seen to ooze from the swollen parts. 

 In some cases sloughing may take place. The pulse 

 is very weak and fast, eighty to one hundred; the 

 temperature never reaches a high point. The urine 

 is scanty and high colored. If the intestines should 

 be affected there will be diarrhoea mixed with 

 blood and the animal may be affected with colicky 

 pains. The lungs, liver and brain may become in- 

 volved, and the animal soon dies. If the case is of 

 mild form and properly treated it may recover. 



Treatment: Give one ounce each of tincture of 

 gentian, ginger, iron, and spirits of nitric ether at 

 a dose in a pint of water twice a day ; and give at 

 noon one dram of nitro-hydrochloric acid in a pint 

 of water. I find this the most successful treatment. 

 Half-ounce doses of nitrate of potassium once daily 

 in the drinking water will be useful to act on the 

 kidneys. External applications are of no value in 

 this disease. 



DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATICS. 



The lymphatic system is composed of a set of 

 vessels, quite as numerous as the veins, and they 

 ramify through every portion of the body where 



