50 The Farmer'' s Veterinary Adviser. 



them. If tlie tubercle is deposited in liyer, pancreas oi 

 kidneys, there are symptoms of disease of these respec- 

 tive organs. 



Eecoveries sometimes ensue in connection Avith healing 

 of vomicae or calcification of the tubercles in strong sub- 

 jects, but more frequently the disease progresses to a 

 fatal issue. 



Treatment. This is unsatisfactory as being rarely suc- 

 cessful and even then in preserving an animal which is 

 dangerous as a breeder for producing a progeny predis- 

 posed to this disease, and for slaughter and dairy pur- 

 poses as possibly conveying the malady to man. 



The most promising course is to secure dry, pure air, 

 sunshine, a genial temperature, rich and easily digestible 

 food, contaiaiag abundance of fat, (linseed, corn, beans, 

 peas, potatoes,) a course of tonics, (linseed or cod-hver 

 oil in small doses, sulphate of iron, hypophosphite of iron, 

 quinia, gentian, etc.,) and antiseptics, (fumes of burning 

 sulphur, bisulphite of soda, sulpho-carbolate of iron, etc.) 



Prevention. This would include drainage, shelter of 

 pastures by trees, avoidance of changes to cold or damp 

 localities, a warm, sunny location for farm buildings, suit- 

 able feeding and wateruig, the prevention and cure of all 

 debilitatiag, and especially chronic diseases, protection 

 against overwork, or excessive secretion of milk on a 

 stimulating but insufficiently nutritious diet, securing 

 young, undeveloped animals against breeding and milking 

 at the same time, rejection of tuberculous subjects from 

 breeding, the prompt removal of aU such animals from 

 pastures or buildings used for the healthy, and the thor- 

 ough disinfection of aU places where they have been kept 



The flesh and milk of tuberculous animals are always to 

 be viewed with suspicion, but this poison, like others, can 

 be destroyed by the most thorough cooking. 



