286 DISEASES OP CATTLE. 



bone and short rib, on the left side of the animal. 

 Veterinary surgeons use a trocar for this purpose, and 

 every farmer should have one also. If the case be not a 

 severe one, it may be entrusted to time, nature and medi- 

 cine. Give half a pound of table mustard, and an ounce 

 of the chloride of lime, mixed in as little cold water as will 

 float the mustard out of the bottle, and down the throat of 

 the animal. Or, instead of the mustard and lime, give 

 one ounce of recently powdered carbonate of ammonia in 

 cold water. Dashing cold water over the loins of the 

 beast often cures the aifection, by inducing reflex action of 

 the nervous centres of the body. Sometimes we see a 

 chronic form of this complaint, occurring at intervals, 

 owing to a debilitated condition of the walls of the rumen, 

 which is cured by the following powder, given morning 

 and night in the feed : Powdered ginger, half an ounce ; 

 gentian, half an ounce ; fenugreek, half an ounce ; mix, 

 and give in one dose, and continue it for a few days. 



Hydatids in the Brain, — This is a parasitic disease 

 — a worm found floating in a serous fluid, surrounded by 

 a sack or small bladder, and situated generally on one side 

 of the brain, and under or near the base of the horn. 



Cause. This affection is caused by the animal eating 

 with the feed or grass, some of the ova or eggs which have 

 been dropped from dogs, affected with tape-worms. 



Symptoms. The affected beast will be observed in the 

 early season of the disease, to be affected in one of the eyes, 

 ending shortly in total blindness of that organ. This, 

 however, is not always the case. The great symptom 

 chiefly to be relied upon, is the constant turning of the 

 animal in the form of a circle. This, the animal will 

 always persist in doing, and stop only when brought in 



