DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF CATTLE. 261 



Treatment. — If the bowels are not very free and the annual \» 



In fair condition, give 



Epsom Salts i pound. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre i ounce, or 4 tablespoonful*. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 16 drops. 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give this drench three 

 times a day, omitting the salts after the first drench. Rub the 

 sides with white liniment three times a day, and keep a half 

 pail of hot salt over the lungs, changing it about every hour dur- 

 ing the day, and at night apply a mustard plaster ; take half a 

 pound of mustard with enough vinegar to make it into a paste 

 and rub well in over the sides and cover the animal up warm. 

 Keep this treatment up until relief comes. When the animal 

 seems to be getting better quit the above drenches and give the 

 following : 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre I pound. 



Ground Qentian Boot i " 



Qround Aniseed | " 



Mix together and give a teaspoonful three times a day on his 



tongue. Keep the bowels regulated by giving one-half pound 



drenches of epsom salts once or tv'ice a week and feed on soft 



food with plenty of boiled flaxseed in it. 



BRONCHITIS m CATTLE. 



This disease, when it is the result of a cold, comes from 

 causes similar to that of inflammation of the lungs ; the symptoms 

 are same as those of inflammation of the lungs, only by listening 

 with your ear at the windpipe you will hear more of a wheezing 

 noise. 



Treatment — Is the same as is given for inriammation <rf th« 



lungs. 



PLEURISY I^ CATTLE. 



This is inflamm.ation of the coverings of the lungs. 



Causes. — TTiey are similar to those of inflammation of the 

 lungs, and this disease is very often found in connection with it. 



Symptoms. — They are similar to those in inflammation of the 

 lungs, only that when there is pleurisy there is more of a grating 

 «ound heard when you place your ear to his side and the animal's 

 sides seem sore and he flinches more when you press on it than la 

 inflammation of the lungs. 



Treatment.— The treatment is the same as for inflammatloa 

 of the lungs. In this disease, as well as in all other lung troubles, 



