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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Use Common Sense- 
Why, in the sickness of animals, the owner should try random remedies, 
and go from one to another, at the suggestion of each different adviser, 
as the matter may seem to strike them, is inexplicable. In nine cases 
out of tc:., with proper nursing and care the animal will recover, simply 
by keeping the bowelB moderately open by mild physics and injections 
(which will be indicated) when costiveness and impaction is present; or 
by sedatives, stimulants and astringents when the reverse condition is 
exhibited. 
Such conditions as are often fatal during the gravid state of female 
animals, and succeeding delivery, abortion, false presentation, etc., and 
the means of relief; contagious and epidemic diseases — these from their 
special importance will receive due prominence. Of the non-contagious 
and local diseases every farmer should seek to make himself familiar 
with the symptoms, so that ready means may be used for the relief of 
■uffering animals. 
In all this detection and treatment the operator must be guided by 
intelligence and use the least possible exhibition of force. It may be necessary 
to hamper an animal for the performance of some operation. When 
necessary, it is not merciful to use half-way measures. The humane man, 
however, will do so with as little pain to the animal as possible. If necessity 
should require killing as the best means of dealing with the ailment, the 
humane man will be actuated by no sentimentality about taking the life of an 
animal. He will kill promptly and surely, as the best means of alleviating 
the suffering of the animal, Or of preventing the spread of infectious and 
contagious diseases. Prompt measures under these conditions will often save 
the loss of many lives. 
Graduation of Doses. 
As a- rule cattle require one and a half times as much as horses ; sheep 
and pigs require one-third as much. Professor James Law, of Cornell 
University, in his work, Veterinary Adviser, has presented the manner 
of graduation, frequency, and form of administering doses, in the 
following concise language : 
The doses given may be held applicable to full-grown animals of 
Inedium size, therefore some allowance must be made in anv casqs in 
which the patient exceeds or comes short of the average of hi: kind. A 
similar modification must be made as regards young animals, not only on 
account of their smaller size but also of their greater susceptibility. ^Tho 
following table may serve as a guide ; 
