CHAPTER V. 
DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND THE SPLEEN. 
THE causes, symptoms and treatment of diseases oi 
these two organs are so much alike that they are 
here treated together. 
1. Congestion and Inflammation of the Liver. 
Causes. — High feeding with but little exercise is the 
usual cause of this disease, although an abscess is also ac- 
companied by congestion and inflammation. 
Symptoms. — There are symptoms of pain. The afiflicted 
animal looks round at his sides and lies down frequently. He 
does not roll, however, as in cases of disease of the bowels. 
The breathing is heavy and quick; the pulse, quick but weak. 
The bowels are usually costive and the manure black and 
slimy looking. The linings of the mouth and the eyes are 
yellow — much the same as in a case of jaundice. The urine is 
green, resembling the bile from the liver, and there is usually 
a lameness of the ofif front leg. 
Treatment. — If the patient be in good condition give 
Bitter Aloes 8 drsms. 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Laudanum 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench. 
Apply a mustard plaster, well rubbed in, to the under part of 
the belly and clothe the body well according to the season of 
the year. 
Follow with 
Iodide of Potassium 1 pound. 
Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre % pound. 
Mix thoroughly together and give a teaspoonful three 
times a day in the feed or on the tongue with a spoon. Should 
the cause be high feeding with little exercise it is necessary 
to feed light, soft feed and roots — carrots for example — and 
give regular exercise. 
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