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saliva. Give arsenicum, ten drops every three hours, for bleeding from 
the nostrils; threatened gangrene; small, rapid pulse; offensiveness in the 
mouth; weakness; diarrhcea; cold extremities; drowsiness. Midway be- 
tween the doses give the mouth a thorough washing with carbolic-acid lo- 
tion. This may be given in alternation with mercurius. Should the 
remedies named fail, put two grains of carbolic acid in a little water, and 
give the dilution once every two hours. If there be a full, hard pulse, dry, 
hot skin, much thirst, red, swollen eyes, head and mouth, give aconite 
every two hours. If three or four doses effect an improvement, but 
drowsiness, wildness of look, and swelling of the head, tongue and throat 
remain, alternate aconite and belladonna. If no such improvement occurs, 
give bryonia every three or four hours, alone or alternated with rhus. For 
drowsiness, exhaustion, and involuntary or bloody diarrhcea, give phos- 
phoric acid. Opium is needed if there be hot, dry skin, small, rapid pulse, 
drowsiness, and involuntary diarrhea. Give good gruel in small. quanti- 
ties, or other simple, nutritious food, pouring it gently down the throat if 
it is refused (to do which a horn will seldom be required); and leave some 
at hand for the animal to take if it will, Keep the animal away from 
others. 
Caution.—Attendants have been infected with the virus with fatal re- 
sults. Before handling the animal or the objects which it touches, cover 
the hands with gloves or oil, or both, and take special pains to prevent any 
sore on the hands or other parts from touching the animal. These cautions 
suggest the necessity of keeping other domestic animals at a safe distance 
from the stall, drinking-trough, dishes, or other articles, and from the past- 
ure in which the infected one has been. 
LOSS OF APPETITE.—LOSS OF CUD. 
If this occurs without other marks of sickness, examine the food to 
see if it is perfectly good, and the mouth to discover disordered teeth, ul- 
cers, injuries, thrush, inflammation, or foreign substances. These are causes, 
as well as an overloaded stomach, poor digestion, and over-exertion. 
TREATMENT.—If poor food be the cause, and the animal be weak and 
dull, or if there be diarrhea, give arsenicum a half-hour before feeding 
night and morning, for a week or two. If there be poor digestion, dry, 
and hard dung and constipation, give nux vomica instead of arsenicum. 
If there be added to loss of appetite, diarrhcea, cold feet and loss of thirst, 
give pulsatilla. If some disease be the cause, that must be treated first. 
Do not compel a sick animal to eat. Be sure that the food is perfectly 
good. Achange of diet will often be sufficient. 
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