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or fatal disease. Without fatality, a person would natu- 

 rally and knowingly think that there can be no murrain. 

 The absurdity of the name so applied, can induce no very 

 high opinion of cow doctors in the minds of intelligent men. 



Nephritis.— This is a name given to disease, or in- 

 flammation of the kidneys. Scarcely ever seen in the 



ox. 



Nervous Diseases.— These may be named as fol- 

 lows:— Brain diseases, apoplexy, inflammation of the 

 brain, palsy, paralysis, locked jaw, twitching of the 

 muscles, etc. 



(Estromania.— A term applied to cows when bulling. 



(Estrus Bovis.— The fly which deposits the eggs^ 

 from which the ox hot is developed. 



Osseous. — Composed of bone, bony tumor. 



Ovarian Dropsy.— This is a disease peculiar to milch 

 cows, and consists of watery swellings of the ovary, usu- 

 ally one ovary being aff'ected. Ovarian dropsy is cha- 

 racterized by a large, soft swelling, situated upon the 

 side of the cow, between the short rib and the thigh. 



Treatment— TinpY)mg the tumor with an instrument 

 called a trocar, whereby the fluid is let out: when this is 

 done, feed the cow well, and give her iron, gentian and 

 ginger, to prevent further accumulation. 



Ovarian Tumor.— The difi*erence between ovarian 

 dropsy and ovarian tumor, as ascertained by the touch, 

 is, the dropsy is soft and fluctuating, and the tumor 

 hard and slightly movable. Ovarian tumors are gene- 

 rally hard, and similar to cancroid and en^ephaloid tu- 

 mors found in man and animals. 



