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quentlv, an anusual quantity of milk is accumulated, and 
the udder is stretched out to an unnatural extent, which also 
has the effect of distending the nipples, and frequently pro¬ 
duces inflammation, accompanied by pustular eruption. 
Remedy. —It is not necessary to apply any remedy for 
this complaint; all that is required, is to keep the teats 
clean, and handle them gently during milking, and in a few 
days the eruption disappears. 
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Symptoms.— A partial paralysis of the part affected, aris¬ 
ing from inflammation in the lymphatic arteries of the mem¬ 
branes of the joint ligaments, accompanies this complaint, 
and it is generally a precursor of the disease called the fall. 
Causes. —This malady has its origin in irregularity of 
the nervous power, arising from debility or deficient excite¬ 
ment ; and is not dependent upon an unusual impetus of the 
circulating fluid to the vessels of the brain, or impeded re¬ 
turn of blood from it. 
Remedies. —If the disease has had its origin in a cold, 
which is most frequently the case, let the following be 
given, which will in most cases afford relief:— 
Camphor, finely powdered 
Gum-guaiacum . 
Tartarized antimony 
Fennel-seeds, powdered 
Mithridate 
1 drachm, 
J ounce, 
^ ounce, 
1-^ ounce, 
1 ounce; 
the whole to be dissolved in a quart of oatmeal-gruel, into 
which half-a-pound of treacle has been boiled. The animal 
to have dry bedding, and to be kept very warm for three or 
four days after the above medicine has been given, and kept 
in the house during the whole day. The above generally 
