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and in dark, damp stables. The colt was about five days old, 
and was continually lying, only getting up to nurse, and that 
was not often. Upon getting on its feet it would stagger as if 
drunk and probably fall before getting to its mother. The 
stool was watery and very foetid. I at once had him removed 
to a more healthy stable, and gave rectal injections of fluid ex¬ 
tract of belladonna and one-half dram doses of tannopine every 
hour. The relief this gave was wonderful, and the second day 
after I found him well, although still very weak. It was on 
this day that a four-weeks-old was taken with the same disease 
and nearly all the young stock on the place were affected. I 
then ordered all buildings cleaned and whitewashed, the place 
thoroughly disinfected, and all loose boards and litter removed 
to a distant part of the farm. I treated the rest of the animals 
the same as the first, and checked the disease before well devel¬ 
oped. I have had the same experience in calves. 
On May 18 I was called to see a herd of cattle on Mr. S.’s 
farm, which is one of the best dairy farms in this district. The 
cattle were all Jerseys, and mostly in fine condition, but of late 
a few calves had been troubled with diarrhoea. The diarrhoea 
was watery, foetid and of a yellowish cast 5 the young calves 
were all affected, the new-born being the worst. The stable 
was in a low part of the farm and had been over-stocked, be¬ 
cause of a part being taken to raise a new stock of sheep,’ and 
as a consequence was very unhealthy. The discharges were 
numerous, about every half hour, and the animals went stagger¬ 
ing about like they were drunk. The temperature was high 
and slight pain in abdomen. I at once ordered them removed 
to a different barn, which had been cleaned and disinfected^ 
and gave rectal injections and half-drain doses of tannopine 
hourly. All calves were fed with milk of the freshest cows, 
and were washed and kept clean and warm. Some of the 
lambs were affected, but most of them recovered under the 
same treatment. After the sixth day the disease was eradicated 
from the place, and had stopped one of those enzootics which 
are so fatal to young cattle. 
