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the excitement, fever and irritation. If this give relief, 

 repeat the dose in a few hours again. But on the con- 

 trary, there being no relief in half an hour, give no more 

 aconite, nor indeed anything else. There will be but one 

 of three things to be done : either to kill the beast, if it be 

 in good condition, and fit for market; or wait for the 

 animal to die, or have the boldness to cut out a hole in the 

 windpipe, about the middle, and on front of the neck. In 

 case the latter is preferred, tighten the skin on the front 

 of the windpipe, and make a clean cut fair down the centre, 

 and through the skin ; when the white shining windpipe 

 is brought to view, have an assistant to hold the edges of 

 the skin back out of the way, till a hole is cut out of the 

 cartilages of the tube, as large as a fifty cent piece. This 

 will give instantaneous relief. The hole will gradually 

 fill up, and close again withoit any trouble whatever. 

 This, I am satisfied, is the only fiure way of cure in this 

 disease. 



Cud, Loss of the. — This occurrence is the symptom 

 of, and not a disease. Loss of the cud, or rumination, 

 accompanies almost every disease of any impoi-tance attack- 

 ing the ox or cow. When rumination has ceased for a 

 time, and is resumed again, it is a good symptom that the 

 animal is somewhat better, and an indication that the 

 functions of the body are about being resumed again, and 

 are demanding food for their nourishment. Loss of cud is 

 among the first symptoms observed by farmers in case of 

 bronchitis, pleuro-pneumonia, hoven, aphtha, etc. 



Diarrhoea, Simple. — This variety does not call for 

 much description, as it is only an eiFort of nature to get rid 

 of something that is injurious. By its removal the purging 

 will stop. Simple diarrhoea rarely calls for treatment, but 



