. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. tiKXEUAI. DISEASES OF THE ISLOOl). 389 day, and when the temperature comes down to 100, change to No. 18 —three times a day—for a couple of days ; then, if everything is pro- gressing favorably, give No. 35 three times a day, or No. 34 in the feed twice a day. If the throat swells, and there is a cough, rub the throat with No. 41. If the fever goes on to the lungs and causes bronchitis or pneumonia, apply No. 41 to the sides and chest, and give the other recipes as directed above. Set a pail of water
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. tiKXEUAI. DISEASES OF THE ISLOOl). 389 day, and when the temperature comes down to 100, change to No. 18 —three times a day—for a couple of days ; then, if everything is pro- gressing favorably, give No. 35 three times a day, or No. 34 in the feed twice a day. If the throat swells, and there is a cough, rub the throat with No. 41. If the fever goes on to the lungs and causes bronchitis or pneumonia, apply No. 41 to the sides and chest, and give the other recipes as directed above. Set a pail of water in the manger, so he can. A IIOIISK WITH INFLUENZA. drink a swallow or two often to cool his mouth and throat. Give jilentv of bedding, and make him as comfortable as possible. The bowel trouble you need not give anything for, unless the colicky pains hang on for several hours , then give a few doses of a pint of raw linseed oil, at in- tervals of six or eight hours. Between times, if necessary to control the pain, give No. 52. If there is long-continued weakness, give No. 64 alternately with No. 35. During convalescence, give gentle exercise. II. Purpura Hemorrhagica. This is a disease in which the watery of the blood ooze through the coats of the blood vessels, and settle down into the tissues of the most dependent parts, causing them to swell to enormous size. Causes.—It results from an impoverished condition of the blood, in which the fibrine is deficient, allowing the watery jjortion to pass through the pores of the coats of the blood vessels and gravitate to the limbs, belly, chest, and nose. This impoverished condition of the system is due either lo some debilitating disease or to starvation—usually the former. How to know it.—The limbs swell enormously, .so much so that the animal can scarcely move. The swelling begins in the lower part of the legs, and keeps coming highei- from hour to hour, there being an abrupt termination of the swelling at the top
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