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duration is one or two days. Treatment should be prompt. 

 Give a strong purgative — 1£ lb. of Epsom salts with an 

 ounce of aloes in two or three quarts of water. Copious 

 warm enemas with castor oil or soap in them should be 

 administered. Thin rice conjee or linseed tea should be 

 given warm, and, if the patient does not take it, should 

 be gently poured down the throat. The up-to-date treat- 

 ment for milk fever is the injection of oxygen or 

 atmospheric air or any antiseptic lotion into the udder 

 through the teat after milking the cow thoroughly dry, with 

 the necessary antiseptic precautions ; this needs the attend- 

 ance of a professional man. If the animal recovers, it must 

 be kept for some time on digestible and laxative food, or 

 better on a gruel diet with some green grass, and receive a 

 course of tonics. 



Fracture of the horn. — This often occurs from animals 

 fighting or from an accident. The horn core may be frac- 

 tured transversely without injury of the horn. The latter 

 acts as splints, and no particular treatment is necessary 

 beyond rest and a cold bandage round the horn. In some 

 cases the horn alone is stripped off without the core being 

 injured. In such cases clean the core gently with carbolic 

 lotion and cover it with tarred tow and then with a bandage. 

 When both core and horn are broken off, the rough projec- 

 tions and broken fragments of bone must be removed and 

 sawn level. The bleeding may be stopped with a hot iron 

 and the part dressed as above. 



Sprain. — The muscles and tendons or ligaments of the joint 

 of the leg may become sprained, and swelling, heat and pain 

 of the affected part with lameness, may result. Foment the 

 part with hot water till heat and pain pass off. Then keep a 

 cold bandage on or make the animal stand in cold water for a 

 couple of hours daily. If this does not complete the cure T 

 and if any swelling still remains, rub in a blister of red 

 iodide of mercury. 



Midocation or luxation.— From accident or over-exertion, a 

 bone may be put out of joint In working cattle the arm 

 bone is perhaps the most frequently dislocated. The reduc- 

 tion is to be effected by casting the animal, and seizing the 

 arm and pulling it downwards, when the bone may be heard 

 to return to its socket with a snap. After this, rest and cold 

 applications to the part are all that are necessary. 



Wound* and tumours. — In case of injuries to the skin and 

 in wounds generally, wash the parts with clean water freely r 



