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water. Follow up this treatment for three days if neces- 

 sary. 



Tonics and alteratives may be tried in the feed ; iron, 

 sulphur, cayenne pepper, soda, in succession. German 

 Roup Pills are recommended on account of their tonic 

 properties. 



Indigestion — Symptoms. Either constipation or diarrhoea ; 

 fever, loss of appetite, sickly yellowish look about the 

 head and comb. 



Treatment. Five grains of rhubarb, changed every 

 fourth day for one grain of calomel, is recommended by 

 Wright. Cut down the diet to a little soft, bland food ; 

 limit the water supply and give cut green grass. 



Diarrhcea and Dysentery — Symptoms. Symptoms are too 

 generally known to require specific enumeration ; when 

 accompanied with bloody evacuations the disease is called 

 dysentery. 



Treatment. For diarrhcea give six drops of camphor- 

 ated spirit on barley meal. Restrict the drink and put 

 a little tincture of iron or alum into it. For dysentery 

 give a dose of castor oil, and follow with laudanum, five 

 drops every few hours. 



PARASITES. 



Worms — Symptoms. General loss of health, but the 

 only reliable symptom is finding them in the evacuations. 



Treatment. Improve the general health. A dose of 

 castor oil, followed by sulphur in the food, may be effi- 

 cacious. 



Scaly Leg — Symptoms. Grayish-white swellings on the 

 legs, which may ulcerate. This is a species of itch, 

 caused by a parasite, and is contagious. 



