PART II. 
THE OX AND HIS DISEASES* 
CHAPTER I. 
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 
MAD STAGGERS AND BRAIN FEVER. 
AD staggers and brain fever are quite frequent among cattle, and’ 
come on rapidly from exposure to a hot sun or sudden change of 
temperature; or may follow ill-usage, high feeding, excess of 
Symptoms.—Mad Staggers ave marked by seaving flanks; wild, red, 
staring eyes; nostrils enlarged; furious delirium and frenzy; (the animal is 
unconscious, while in rabies it is not so—a distinction that should be care- 
fully noted); animal exhausted, and finally motionless. Zz Brain Fever, 
the general symptoms of mad staggers are present, and in addition a marked 
aversion to red bodies during the frenzy; frightful bellowing; incessant and 
furious galloping; arched tail; the skin adheres closely to the flesh; spine and 
adjacent parts very tender; the animal falls headlong, and lies in a stupors. 
from the first, vivid redness and prominence of the eyes; dullness and 
drowsiness; thick, heavy, difficult breathing. 
TREATMENT.—Give aconite for fever; delirium; red eyes; dry, hot 
skin. For great heat and swelling of the head, blood-shot eyes, delirium 
and frenzy, thirst, sensitiveness to light and noise, wild expression, give 
belladonna, which is also usually serviceable in the beginning, in alternation 
with aconite at intervals of from one to three hours according to the 
severity. For stupor, sudden starts, and involuntary passages of dung, give 
hyoscyamus. Bryonia is needed for stupor with delirium. Opium is demanded. 
* See “Signs of Health and Disease,” Chapter I, Part I. 
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