DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. Ill 



affected with this trouble seldom lies down. Usu- 

 ally the urine is scanty and the bowels constipat- 

 ed. If the inflammation is not relieved in a day 

 or two the glands may undergo suppuration, and 

 blood poisoning may take place, and the animal 

 may die, or the leg may remain thick from oblitera- 

 tion of the lymphatics, This is a disease that is 

 easily treated if taken in time. 



Treatment: Find the cause and then treat ac- 

 cordingly. If it is caused by the animal's having 

 too much food and not enough exercise, give aloes 

 one ounce, carbonate of soda one ounce, ginger one 

 ounce; dissolve in half a pint of boiling water, add 

 half a pint of cold water, and give at one dose. 

 Also give twenty to thirty drops of tincture of acon- 

 ite every two hours until the pulse becomes slower. 

 Also give half an ounce of nitrate of potass, in the 

 drinking water three times a day, bathe the legs 

 with hot water for an hour at a time, then apply 

 acetate of lead half an ounce, tincture of opium 

 two ounces, water one quart. Rub in with the 

 hand. Do this every hour, and keep the animal in 

 a comfortable place. Usually in twenty-four hours 

 the physic has operated and the potassium has in- 

 creased the secretion of urine, and the hot water 

 and lotion have reduced the inflammation, and the 

 animal can move about with ease. Give gentle 

 exercise two or three times a day for twenty min- 

 utes at a time. In cases where it is caused by over- 

 working and poor food, or from reducing diseases, 

 such as influenza and distemper, treatment should 

 be of a stimulating and tonic nature. Give one ounce 



