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dition of vitality or excite the circulation in internal 

 organs, checking the action in the skin and extremities, 

 should be carefully avoided. 



The treatment is chiefly mechanical. Every effort 

 should be used to increase the action of the skin and 

 the circulation in the limbs by the application of 

 ammonia liniment, or of mustard to the back along the 

 spine, a wet sheet wra2")ped around the body and covered 

 with blankets, and the application over the blanket of 

 hot flat-irons aloug the sj^ine and loins, with brisk rub- 

 bing of the limbs and applications of turpentine, or hot 

 water by means of flannel cloths steeped in it, wrapped 

 around the limbs. If the bloating is severe the paunch 

 should be opened with a small-bladed knife or a trocar 

 (fig. 106, p. 462) inserted on the left side, at a point equi- 

 distant from the point of the hip bone, the last rib and the 

 backbone, and penetrating downwards to avoid the kid- 

 ney and lumbar muscles. Injections of warm soapsuds 

 after the bowel has been emptied manurally are to be 

 given, and half a pint of whisky with one ounce of tinct- 

 ure of camphor has been serviceable when medicines by 

 the mouth have failed. In short, the treatment of this 

 disease must include relief to the brain from the prevail- 

 ing congestion, stimulating the functions of the skin, 

 promoting the action of the intestines, stimulating the 

 lower nervous system, the spine and the lumbar nerves, 

 removing the milk and stimulating the action of the 

 udder. When the disorder is relieved the animal should 

 be nursed back to strength by means of mild tonics and 

 small but frequent rations of easily digested and nutri- 

 tious food. 



3IILK SICKNESS. 



'^Milk sick" is a mysterious disease, a peculiar charac- 

 teristic of it being that the infected cows escape, while 

 the calves and persons who use the milk suffer, and in 



