i64 CATTLE. 



Ppevention. — Housing at night, and not turning out until 

 the sun is well up and the dew off the ground. Salt the affected 

 land in autumn, and destroy, by fire, all carcases dead of the 

 disease. 



JAUNDICE 



is recognised by the yellowness of the skin and mucous 

 membranes. 



Cause. — -All we know is that matters which should be 

 removed by the liver are allowed to remain in the blood. 



Tpeatment. — Give the following drench. Aloes i ounce, 

 nitre 2 ounces, glauber salts f lb., in a quart of warm water. 

 After an interval of two nights the following may be given : — 



Nitre -2 0z. 



Bicarbonate of potash - - - - - 2 oz. 



Gentian - - - - - - - 2 oz. 



Glauber ------- | lb. 



Mixed with a quart of warm ale or gruel. 



This dose should be repeated twice or three times at intervals 

 of two or three days. The right side, from the last three ribs 

 to a hand's breadth behind them, should be stimulated with 

 EUiman's, the functions of the liver being often restored in this 

 way. 



JOINT FELOR 



This is an old name for rheumatism when affecting joints. 

 {See Rheumatism, page 152.) 



LARYNGITIS, SORE THROAT. 



Inflammation of the lining membrane of the larynx. 



Cause. — Exposure to the east wind and sudden climatic 

 changes. 



Treatment. — Repeated applications of EUiman's to the 

 outside, and good nursing. Sedatives are often prescribed, but 

 the EUimxan's w^ill do all that is required in assisting nature to 

 throw off the disease. 



