5IO Veterinary Medicine. 



lesion in an ox's liver, of a bright ochreoiis color, and the cells 

 completely transformed into fat cells, while the rest of the liver 

 was sound. In the dog fatty areas, up to an inch in diameter, 

 are not uncommon. The swollen cells pressing on the adjacent 

 ve!3.sels, account for the bloodless condition, and favor the 

 degenerative process. 



Neyrand records a fatty liver of 28 lbs. weight from the horse, 

 and Kitt one of 10 lbs. from the pig. 



Symptoms. Like as in most chronic liver diseases the indica- 

 tions are uncertain. The conditions may, however, suggest fatty 

 degeneration ; if the patient is very obese ; if it has had an 

 abundant food, rich in hydrocarbons and carbhydrates, and little 

 exercise ; if it has received in food or water continuous do,ses of 

 phosphorus, arsenic or antimony ; if it has lived in a hot moist 

 climate or stable ; if there has been a tendency to costiveness and 

 indigestion ; if the patient is weak, easily fatigued and short- 

 winded ; if there is a slightly yellowish red tinge of the conjunc- 

 tiva and if the urine is .scanty and contains little urea. If the 

 disease is more advanced and the animal emaciated, it may be 

 possible in the smaller animals at least to manipulate the liver to 

 make out its increase, its smooth surface, and its absence of ten- 

 derness. 



Treatment. When met with in meat producing- animals the 

 best resort is to turn the.se over to the butcher. When in an 

 animal which is mainly Valuable for breeding purposes, or in 

 horses or carnivora, something may be done to check the 

 progress of the malady, and maintain at least the present con- 

 dition. The value of this will of course depend on how far the 

 disease has already progre.s.sed . Cowsthat have spent a winter 

 in a hot swill .stable are of little use afterward for breeding or 

 dairy uses and advanced cases of fatty degeneration in the horse 

 or dog hold out little hope of a satisfactory i.ssue. For cases in 

 the earlier stages, nothing can be better than a run at grass, 

 where there is opportunity for shelter from the noonday sun. 

 If the pa.sture is .short. and the animal has to exercise to se- 

 cure a living, .so much the better. If kept indoors the patient 

 should have a clean , roomy airy box stall , with a moderate allow- 

 ance of easily dige.sted food, and laxatives and cholagogues daily 

 such as Glauber salts, aloes, calomel, podophyllin or cream of 



