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blisters in the cleft of the hoofs and around the coronet and heels, ai1| 
identical with the others, but smaller. 
When the disease is mild, it is easily cured by daily applications of a portion 
of the following, applying by means of a swab or sponge t 
2 Oz. powdered golden Beal, 1 Oz. tincture of matico, 4 Oz. honey* 
When the disease is violent and of long standing, it is apt to extend through 
the whole course of the alimentary canal. The method of cure, in this aventy 
is by tonics and astringents. The remedies are tincture of matico, golden seal, 
and sulphur, in the following proportions 3 
4 drachma tincture of matico, 2 drachms powdered golden seal*' 
2 drachms sulphur, 1 pint water. 
The patient’s diet should consist of oatmeal gruel, slightly alkalized witfi 
hyposulphite of soda. 
Malignant Catarrh. 
Caused by feeding in damp, cold situa- 
tions, and feeding on marshes in peculiar 
seasons. Low, wet river bottoms are 
most subject to give it to stock. The dis- 
ease somewhat resembles the Russian cat- 
tle plague, but is not usually contagious. 
Professor James Law gives symptoms and 
treatment as follows : 
A slight diarrhoea may be followed by 
costiveness, the dung being black, firm 
and scanty. The hair is rough and erect 5 
shivering ensues ; the head is depressed j 
the roots of the horns and forehead hot ; 
eyes sunken, red, watery, with turbidity 
in the interior and intolerance of light ; muzzle dry and hot; mouth hot with 
much saliva ; the membranes, mouth, nose and vagina bluish-red ; pulse rapid; 
impulse of the heart weak ; breathing hurried ; cough ; urine scanty and high 
colored, and surface of the body alternately hot and cold. In twenty-four hours 
all the symtoms are aggravated ; the nose discharges a slimy fluid ; forehead is 
warmer and duller on percussion ; the mouth covered with dark red blotches, 
from which the cuticle soon peels off, leaving raw sores ; appetite is completely 
lost ; dung and urine passed with much pain and straining, and there is genei> 
ally stiffness and indisposition to move. From the fourth to the sixth day 
ulcers appear on the nose and muzzle, swellings take place beneath tho 
|aws, chest and abdomen, and ou the legs the may wan slough off 
MALIGNANT CATARRH— SLOUOHINil 
