274 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. 
TREATMENT.—Give aconite every hour, or oftener in very severe 
cases. If no improvement is seen, give this in alternation with belladonna. 
When the animal is growing better, increase the time between the doses. 
‘Though this disease usually ends fatally, these remedies should be given 
while the animal is kept in a comfortable place with plenty of clean, dry 
straw. If it improves, simple food may be given. To prevent the disease, 
do not allow cattle to go too freely upon rich pasture after being poorly fed. 
Impure water must be avoided during the disease, and even pure water 
allowed only in small quantities. 
TYPHUS FEVER. ‘ 
This frequently follows inflammatory fever, especially in adult animals, 
and occurs more often on low, marshy, malarial lands. It is sometimes 
epidemic and marked by great fatality. Predisposing causes are want of 
water, excessive work, foul stables, injurious plants, bad food, great heat 
after rains, and stings of insects. 
Symptoms.—Loss of appetite and cud; stupor and staggers; eyes fixed 
but not red; horns, nose and ears rapidly alternate between heat and cold; 
the head hangs, or is carried up, and from side to side; moans; discharges 
of blood from the nose, and sticky saliva from the mouth; the urine is 
strong and high-colored, and the dung is in hard small lumps, or both may 
be stopped; coat rough, dull and staring; skin sometimes bound to the under 
tissues, sometimes separated by air, the hand passed along the back pro- 
ducing a peculiar rattle; cows give little or no milk from the commence- 
ment; ulcerating tumors often appear on the back, belly, limbs, sheath and 
udder; death often ensues very suddenly, though the disease may continue 
three or four days. During improvement, or after an apparent cure, a 
relapse may set in. Tumors may remain after danger is passed, as well as 
stoppage of milk, hardness and scantiness of dung, loss of appetite and 
cud, swelling of the teats, and air under the skin, but these may be 
corrected. 
TREATMENT.—For full, hard pulse, hot, dry skin, and great thirst, 
give aconite every hour or two for three or four doses. If to these symp- 
toms are added congestion of the head, wild expression, and sensitiveness 
to the light, give aconite and belladonna in alternation every two or three 
hours. If there be great loss of strength, trembling, much thirst, glassy 
eyes, hurried pulse, cold and swollen legs, scanty, or bloody urine, involun- 
tary passages of offensive dung, arsenicum is very valuable; give it every 
hour until improvement is noticed. This alone has effected cures. If 
great drowsiness remains after recovery, opium is needed. If the animal 
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