494. Veterinary Medicine. 



use of germicides (salol, salicylic acid, salicylate of soda, naph- 

 thaliu, naplithol, beta-naphthdl, etc.) as in catarrhal jaundice. 

 Sinapisms or blisters applied to the right side of the chest and 

 over the short ribs may be useful, and after the subsidence of 

 the more violent symptoms, dilute mineral acids and especially 

 nitro-muriatic acid may be resorted to in combination with 

 diuretics and bitters. 



When appetite returns succulent, laxative, non-stimulating food 

 in small quantity should be given. Wheat bran mashes, carrots, 

 turnips, potatoes, apples, fresh grass, ensilage may be adduced as 

 examples. Throughout the disease the ingestion of an abund- 

 ance of pure water should be encouraged. 



Symptoms in the ox. These may appear more tardily than in 

 the horse, loss of appetite, staring coat, dullness, pendent head 

 and ears, unsteady movements, rigors, drivelling of saliva from 

 the mouth and grinding the teeth are usually noted. To these 

 are added the more diagnostic symptoms of slight (or .severe) 

 jaundice, constipation followed by a foetid light colored diarrhoea, 

 a strong disposition to remain recumbent, marked suffering attend- 

 ant on rising, arching of the back when up, and tenderness On 

 percussion over the right hypochoudrium. The temperature 

 gradually rises, though more slowly than in the horse, and may 

 again descend under a profound poisoning. 



Course. The disease reaches its acme in four to six days, and 

 generally has a fatal issue. 



Treatment, is on the .same lines as for the horse only as a 

 purgative, sulphate of soda may advantageously replace the aloes. 



Symptoms in the dog. The symptoms are those of congestion 

 in an exaggerated form. There are muscular tremors, erection 

 of the hair, followed by rising temperature up to 105° or 106°, an 

 icteric hue of the mucosae, the pul.se is accelerated, strong, irreg- 

 ular, respiration rapid, panting, foetid breath, ventral decubitus, 

 and prostration extreme. Appetite is completely lost, the bowels 

 become relaxed, the stools foetid, the right hypochondrium pain- 

 ful on pressure or percu.ssion, and the urine greatly reduced and 

 icteric or suppressed. This feature of urinary suppression, de- 

 termines a rapid poisoning and death in two or three days. 



Treatment must follow the same lines as in other animals, a 

 purgative of calomel and jalap, followed by diuretics, laxatives. 



