DISEASES OE CATTLE 
•p 'iTKm CAUSES; HOW TO KNOW THEM; WHAT TO DO. 
CHAPTER I. 
Diseases in General— Recognizing and Distinguishing Thom. 
FARMERS SHOULD UNDERSTAND SYMPTOMS. OP DISEASES IN GENERAL. US* 
COB MON SENSE. GRADUATION OP DOSES. FREQUENCY OP ADMINISTER- 
ING. FORMS OF DOSES. HOW TO GIVE MEDICINE. INJECTIONS. 
VAPORS, SPRAYING AND FUMIGATION. ANAESTHETICS. TO DEPRIVE OP 
SENSATION. BLISTERING. FIRING. SETONS. ROWELS. SEWING 
UP WOUNDS. FOMENTATIONS. OPERATION OF BLEEDING. RECOGNIZ- 
ING AND DISTINGUISHING DISEASES.- THE PULSE. THE BREATHING. - ■ ■ — 
THE ANIMAL HEAT. THE SKIN AND HAIR. THE POSTURE. INDICA- 
TIONS OF PAIN. SPECIAL SIGNS IN CATTLE, 
Introductory. 
The immense value of the stock interests of the United States and the 
frequent outbreak of introduced contagious plagues, and of enzootic, 
epizootic aud various epidemic diseases, that at intervals have visited 
localities or swept over whole continents, would seem to call for special 
training in veterinary science and art in every agricultural college in the 
United States ; yet, until within the last few years, but little attention 
has been paid to this profession, and to-day the subject is not given that 
attention its importance demands, except in a few instances. Veterinary 
surgery has heretofore been flippantly termed “horse doctoring” by 
professors and heads of too many of the colleges, endowed with the 
people’s money “to teach such branches as relate to agriculture and tha 
mechanic arts ” 
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