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Treatment consists in stimulating flow of blood 

 to the poorly nourished parts, and if this can be 

 done the muscles gradually grow in again and re- 

 gain their normal development and power. An old- 

 fashioned plan is to make incisions in the skin and 

 then blow up the parts with air to separate the skin 

 from the bone. This should not be done. Setons 

 (rowels) of tape may be inserted under the skin, 

 but they leave scars. Better treatment consists in 

 rubbing the parts twice daily with a stimulating 

 liniment, or blistering at intervals of three weeks 

 with cerate of cantharides, after removing the hair. 

 A suitable liniment may be made by mixing 

 together four ounces of druggist's soap liniment, 

 one ounce each of aqua ammonia and water to make 

 one pint. 



SWINE PLAGUE.—See Hog Cholera. 



TAPE WORMS.— The flat worms of domestic 

 animals. They are most serious and common in 

 sheep. Treatment is only partially satisfactory. To 

 get any reasonable result food must be withheld for 

 several hours before the medicine is given. Use 

 the following: i teaspoonful of ethereal extract of 

 male fern in four ounces of castor oil. It is desir- 

 able to keep the sheep inclosed, so that the ground 

 can be disinfected after the worms are expelled, 

 otherwise infection will occur right over again. 



TETANUS.— See Lockjaw. 



TEXAS OR TICK FEVER.— The earliest ac- 

 counts that we have of this disease date back to 

 1814. It was found that cattle driven from a cer- 

 tain district in South Carolina to other parts of the 

 state would infect others with the disease, while 

 they themselves seemed to be in perfect health. 

 The disease is known by various names in the dif- 

 ferent sections of the country. It is often called 



