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Treatment. 



Apply a hot linseed poultice (contained in a muslin 

 bag) over the liver, and follow this up with 



5 grains of Epsom salt 

 i Calomel 



given in the form of a pill, pushed well back into 

 the throat. Also give, night and morning, 5 grains 

 of chloride of ammonia in the form of a sugar-coated 

 pill. 



If vomiting is troublesome give 10 grains of 

 powdered bismuth in a teaspoonful of soda-water, 

 three times a day. 



Other symptoms must be treated accordingly. 

 Feed on boiled fish and a little milk whey. The 

 cat may take it ; or soda-water and milk can be 

 given. 



Tuberculosis of the Bowels. 



The reason why cats are sometimes affected with 

 this disease is apparently due to the channel of 

 infection being through ingestion of some sub- 

 stance it may be, meat or milk containing the 

 germs of tuberculosis. 



Cats are very fond of the fresh livers of poultry, 

 and this frequently leads to infection, as the latter 

 are much troubled with this disease. 



It is the glands mesenteric which are 

 implicated ; these become enlarged, and such 



