Causes of Disease. S 



CAUSES OF DISEASE. 



In the following table will be found the principal causes 

 of disease : 



I. Electric, and other conditions of the atmosphere. 

 Innutritions and improper food. 

 Impure water. 



Overwork, overloading, driving to far and to fast. 

 Poisons — vegetable, animal, mineral, and zumins, 

 or ferments. 



6. Age — an old animal without teeth to chew or mas- 

 ticate its food. 



7. Changes in temperature — taking an animal from a 

 warm stable and exposing it to a cold, northeastern storm. 

 Or overheating and allowing the animal to stand without 

 protection from exposure. 



8. Malformations. 



9. Hereditary influences. 



HOW TO OBSERVE DISEASE. 



Animals cannot speak and narrate their ills and aches, 

 but "a shut mouth tells no lies ;" thereby nobody is deceived. 

 Farmers should have no difficulty in recognizing disease 

 when it appears in any of their domestic animals : As the un- 

 easy eye, the anxious expression, and the peculiar look, tell 

 the tale of suffering, and bear true and faithful testimony. 

 And if a horse has a bruised heel it elevates it from the 

 ground, and will not set its foot flat to please, or it may be 

 said to deceive any one. The pulse tells much, and can be 

 felt on the inner angle of the lower jaw. In inflammations 

 and fevers the frequency of the pulse is increased. In de- 

 bility and depression jt i§ slower; but sometimes quicker than 



