Brief Advice 443 
stick in the left hand, insert the right hand into the 
uterus, loosen the afterbirth with the fingers and 
remove. Page 206. 
Anthrax. Isolate and vaccinate healthy animals. 
Burn dead animals or bury them deep, and disinfect 
thoroughly. There is no medical treatment. Quar- 
antine against the disease, and exercise care that 
persons do not become infected. Page 362. 
Black-leg. Remove the well animals from the in- 
fected quarters or pasture and vaccinate them. Purge 
the sick and give them exercise. Stimulants and 
laxative foods should be given. Page 364. 
Bloating in Cattle. If very bad, tap at once. Put 
gag in mouth and give salt. Dash cold water on body, 
and blanket. Give turpentine in two-ounce doses in 
milk as a drench, baking soda in two-ounce doses, or 
a dose of salts, about one pound for an adult. Page 
261. 
Bog Spavin. Apply iodine as tincture or ointment, 
or an absorbing ointment, until parts get sore, then 
withhold. Put pressure on part by truss or bandage. 
Hand-rubbing is good. Page 239. 
Bone Spavin. A high-heeled shoe on affected leg. 
lower on the inside. Blister the spavin and give rest. 
If a bad ease, fire and blister. Page 228. 
Bronchitis. Comfortable quarters, with plenty of 
fresh air. Clothe the body warmly. Give sweet spirits 
of niter in ounce doses in early stages; later give aco- 
nite in fifteen-drop doses and belladonna in thirty-drop 
doses, alternating every two hours. Be careful, in 
drenching, not to get medicine into lungs. Page 281. 
