THE OX—THE URINARY AND GENERATIVE ORGANS. 271 
COW-POX. 
Cow-pox is a pustular eruption on the udder, and is caused by conta- 
gion, and perhaps by bad food and atmospheric influences. 
Symptoms.-—Fever; diminished or suppressed milk; appetite less, and 
chewing of the cud stopped; large, round eruptions on the teats, depressed 
.or concave at the center, containing at first a thin, serous fluid, which grows 
thick and yellowish, and oozes out; the ulcers being broken, they leave 
deep-seated, malignant ulcers; if they be not broken, a scab forms, which 
leaves sound skin underneath, when it falls off. (It is an interesting fact that 
the virus of cow-pox, taken from the'teats, is that with which the human 
family is inoculated in vaccination as a preventive of small-pox.) 
Another form, known as “spurious caw-pox,”’ 
is indicated by erup- 
tions of varying size and shape, the top swollen and containing a thick, 
yellowish matter (not concave as noticed above), forming a crust which, if 
not disturbed, will fall off and leave sound skin, but will leave many small, 
ulcerative sores, which are hard to heal if removed in milking or by other 
mechanical agencies. 
TREATMENT.—One or two doses of sulphur daily will usually suffice. 
If ulceration occurs, give mercurius or hepar. If the sores run together 
and irritate the surface, give arsenicum twice daily. Apply a calendula- 
lotion to the sores. 
GONORRHGA. 
This is a disease of the mucous membranes of the canals through which 
the urine passes. It occurs in either sex and is caused by excessive sexual 
intercourse, or diseased organs during the intercourse, and by lack of 
cleanliness. 
Symptoms.—in the bull the sheath is red and swollen. In the cow, 
the tail is shaken and moved aside; the bearings swollen, sore and internally 
red. In either sex, there is a constant discharge of matter from the organ, 
with frequent, small and painful discharges of urine. 
TREATMENT.—Usually aconite will be sufficient if given at the be- 
ginning, when there is much inflammation, with difficulty and pain in 
urinating. Give four or five doses three hours apart. If, after the signs or 
inflammation have abated, the difficult urination continues, especially if the 
urine be greenish and tinged with blood, give cantharis every three hours, 
or every six hours with aconite midway between the doses. After a few 
doses of the above remedies, especially if much soreness exists, with thick, 
white, greenish or yellowish discharges, give two grains of mercurius three 
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