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the inflammation by bleeding, active aperients, and sedatives ; 

 if these means prove unsuccessful there is little hope. When 

 the tubes are thickened, clogged with mucus and worms, 

 what can be done? Could the irritating parasites be re- 

 moved there would be a chance of recovery. Spirit of tur- 

 pentine promises at least occasional success. In calves 

 labouring under hoose and the irritation of bronchial worms, 

 spirit of turpentine has been found efficacious, and might be 

 in older cattle. Mr. Dickens recommends in cases of hoose or 

 cough in calves, the bronchial tubes of which are filled with 

 minute worms, the following draught, repeated at intervals of 

 a week or ten days : 



Linseed oil, 1 oz. 

 Oil of turpentine, 4 oz. 

 Oil of caraways, 20 drops. 

 Mix. 



A contributor to the Veterinary Journal has found the 

 following mixture very successful, viz : 



Spirit of turpentine, 6 oz. 

 Tincture of opium, 1 oz. 

 Balsam of sulphur, 1 oz. 



The dose of spirit of turpentine for grown-up cattle may 

 extend from two to four ounces, with as much linseed oil, a 

 few drops of caraway, and a little gruel. 



The rationale is as follows : the turpentine, so peculiarly 

 destructive to worms, is taken up into the system, enters into 

 every part of the circulation, and is recognizable both in the 

 urine and breath. It is thus brought into contact with the 

 worms, whom it immediately destroys ; their hold being 

 loosened, they are then easily expelled from the larynx by 

 the cough, and the bad symptoms will gradually abate. The 

 dose may be repeated every other day, or twice in the 

 week. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS, OB PNEUMONIA. 



With the bronchial disease, previously described, there is 

 generally an attendant inflammation or congestion of the lungs 

 (that is, of their cellular substance) to a greater or less extent ; 

 but sometimes pneumonia manifests itself independently and 

 in an acute form. It is generally the result of over-driving cattle 



