. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 37(5 THE AMEinCAX 1 AltMEl! S STOCK HOOK. red ; delirium at tirst, but soon runs into stupidity'; tlie horse places his head against the wall and pushes and braces himself against it, and alwaj's bruises his eyes and head badly ; he will eat occ-asionallj', and Avill doze off into a lit of stupor with his mouth full and let the food drf)p ; when roused he will paw and move around, hang his head against the wall and then doze off again. These symtoms may continue for several days, the mad fits coming
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 37(5 THE AMEinCAX 1 AltMEl! S STOCK HOOK. red ; delirium at tirst, but soon runs into stupidity'; tlie horse places his head against the wall and pushes and braces himself against it, and alwaj's bruises his eyes and head badly ; he will eat occ-asionallj', and Avill doze off into a lit of stupor with his mouth full and let the food drf)p ; when roused he will paw and move around, hang his head against the wall and then doze off again. These symtoms may continue for several days, the mad fits coming oftener and more violently each time till death takes place, or he may die in forty-eight hours. Animals tiuis affected somctimesrecover, but not very often, and when they do they are not safe ; they are liable to another attack at any time, from the most trivial cause ;. A HORSE MAi> FliOil OF THE BRAIN. fits may come on while in the street, the disease assuming almost a chronic character. Young horses arc more liable to phrenitis than old ones. What to do.—If discovered m the very eijvrliest stage when the pulse is very full and (juick, bleed the horse, taking from two to four quarts of blood. Give a purgative—recipe No. 48, and apply ice to the head and keep iton continuously. Give No. 30 as a sedative. If the fever entirely subsides and consciousness I'eturns, blister all over the upper i)art of the head with No. 9. It is necessary to secure the animal well, for he struggles viok'ntly during the mad Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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