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putrefaction of the after-birth has taken place, which is 

 known by the bkck color, the womb should be well 

 washed out with a weak solution of chloride of lime. 

 Administer, also, by the mouth, one ounce, "iyee times in 

 tlie day, of sulphite of soda for a week, to neutralize any of 

 the poison of putrefaction, that may hi;ve been absorbed 

 into the blood. Give the cow good and nutritious feed to 

 support her strength. 



Symptoms of Blood Poisoning. The absorption of putrid 

 matter into the blood is immediately followed by fever, of 

 a low type, callea typhoid, and if not speedily checked 

 will be succeeded by typhus, from which the animal cannot 

 recover. 



Treatment Give the sulphite of soda in the manner 

 spoken of above, combined with two drachms of the sul- 

 phate of iron, and one ounce each of powdered ginger and 

 fcenugreek three times in the day, till the beast is bright, 

 lively, and free from stupidity. 



Inversion of the bladder will be found treated of under 

 Bladder Diseases. 



Disease. — Inversion of, or falling down of the calf bed, 

 will be treated of under its proper or alphabetical head, 

 Falling of the Womb. 



Gata.rrh. — This is not a disease common to the ox, foi 

 ■sv^hen causes arise sufficient to produce catarrh or cold in 

 tlie coWj, it does not run its course as such, but is speedily 

 accompanied, or at least followed, by severe complications. 

 Cattle not exceeding two years old are subject to a disease 

 somewhat similar to cold, called hoose. (See Bronchitis 

 aud Hoose.) 



Catarrhus Linuum Frontalium. — Malignant Ca^ 

 tarrh. This is one of the recorded diseases of the ox which 



