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sometimes death ensues from suffocation. If at any time late in 

 the summer, calves are found affected with a spasmodic cough, they 

 should be examined for sighs of this difficulty. 



Treatment. — Separate the affected calves, and place them in a 

 dry stable. A half ounce of turpentine may be given in gruel once 

 a day for several days, or the turpentine may be administered in a 

 half pint of lime-water. 



Fig. 1075.— Ringworm. Fig. 1076.— Measly Beef. 



/'• *, Four measles divided by the knife. 



Or— ' '■' * ■■ 



Linseed oil 2 oz. 



Spirits of turpentine , ,...i " 



Oil of caraway seed . .10 dr. 



This may be given twice, once in the morning, and again at night. The 

 inhalation of chlorine gas has been highly recommended. This causes 

 such an amount of coughing that a considerable number of the worms 

 are expelled. The usual method is to collect the calves in a small 

 stable, Close the doors and windows, and generate the gas as long as 

 the operator is able to endure it. ' Then the apparatus is removed, 

 and the calves are left exposed to the' gas for a few minutes longer- 

 Trie system requires a generous support, therefore the diet, 

 should be nutritious. After the expulsion of the worms, sometimes 

 before this takes place, tonics should be given. 



MEASI.ES. 



The cystic form of the teenia mediocanellata, a tape-worm com- 

 mon to mankind is found in the muscular tissue of beef. This par- 

 asite, the cysticercus bovis, has not yet been observed in Europe or 

 America, though n,ot infrequently found in India. The flesh thus 

 affected presents the appearance shown irt Fig. 1076, which reprle- 



