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tepid water and bathe with arnica-lotion. Give arnica internally two or 
three times a day. Aconite alternated with sulphur is sometimes useful. 
BRAXY. 
Braxy is a term which is used with a variety of meanings. An in- 
flammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and bowels is known 
as dry braxy; if the serous membrane of the abdomen is affected, the 
disorder is known as water braxy; another form that is marked by 
diarrhoea or dysentery is known as dumd braxy. True braxy, which we 
are now considering (the others having been sufficiently noticed in other 
places and under different names), is a blood-disease, and is caused by ex- 
cessive eating, particularly of turnips and rich food; by a change from 
poor to rank food; by whatever will derange the general system; and by 
contagion in some cases. It is sudden in its attacks, so far as visible symp- 
toms are concerned, and is very often fatal, death not unfrequently occurring 
ina few hours. It arises particularly in frosty weather. 
Symptoms.—Staggering; quick, bounding pulse; hot, dry mouth; 
quick, hard breathing and panting; hard, dry dung and dark, scanty 
urine, both difficult of passage; weakness; the animal falls, rolls on its back, 
and dies; sometimes, however, the skin is puffed out and the underlying 
gas produces crackling if the hand is rubbed over it; in other cases the 
paunch is swollen out on the left side. 
TREATMENT.—Treatment must be given in the first stages. In the 
earliest symptoms make the animal move about briskly. For prostration 
give arsenicum, ten drops every fifteen or twenty minutes. Should it be 
necessary to puncture the paunch (see this operation under Tympanitis in 
the Ox), nux vomica and ammonium causticum should be given, ten drops 
every hour until improvement begins, then once in two or three hours. 
Drench down small quantities of hot gruel, while the animal is kept in a 
warm place. If the dung is hard and the belly painful, warm water may 
be injected through the recturn. Should recovery ensue, be very careful 
about the food for some days. Shelter and avoidance of a sudden change 
to rich pasturage are useful in preventing the disease. 
SHEEP-PON. 
Sheep-pox is a very contagious and destructive disease, and its infection 
may be carried by other animals, by shepherds, and other means, and when 
its virus has been deposited on the pastures or in other places frequented by 
sheep, the disorder readily spreads. It may be communicated to a dog, 
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