. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. BODY or TIIK IIOKSE, ITS EXTERNAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 319 sound side ; eating bet-oiuos piiinful; sympathetic fever sets in ; emacia- tion becomes great and deatii ensues in from five or six weeks to as many iiionlii^;. Causes.—A predisposition in tlie form of a cancerous dialliesis. An exciting cause may exist in the form of a blow or severe bruise; on thi; side of the face, but that alone would not cause tiie canc(>r. How to know it.—Slow, painful mastication wiMi an iiulinalion lo chew on o
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. BODY or TIIK IIOKSE, ITS EXTERNAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES. 319 sound side ; eating bet-oiuos piiinful; sympathetic fever sets in ; emacia- tion becomes great and deatii ensues in from five or six weeks to as many iiionlii^;. Causes.—A predisposition in tlie form of a cancerous dialliesis. An exciting cause may exist in the form of a blow or severe bruise; on thi; side of the face, but that alone would not cause tiie canc(>r. How to know it.—Slow, painful mastication wiMi an iiulinalion lo chew on one side of the mouth by turning the sore side up, and twisting the head will be the first symptoms noticed. After a few days the side of the face will begin to swell in the region of the fangs of the molar teeth; great tenderness will be evinced upon pressure; the gums will swell and extend down )>etweeu the teeth; specuhe of bone pierce through and make t\w surface rough and cause bloody saliva to How pro- fusely from the mouth. After the disease attains to considerable size the nose will turn over toward the sound side ; the lining of the nose swells so as to almost obstruct the breathing, giving rise to considerable roaring. If the skin is pierced Ww bone will be found to be easily punctured. What to do.—It is utterly incurable, and calls foi- lunnane destruction of tlu; animal as soon as the disease is satisfactorily known to exist. IV. Osteo Porosis. Csteo porosis is the opposite of osteo sarcoma. The bone becomes hard, porous and brittle fi'om too abundant deposition of the salty, harder portion of the bone. It is very rare in the lower animals, and is incm-able. V. Exostosis of the Jaw. This consists in the growth of bony tumors on the; lower jaw, wlicrc they arc (|uite often seen. Causes.—It i^^ usually caused l)y some external injury, often \>y tlu' cufli chain. How to know it.— I'lu^y are sometimes spread over a large portion of the jaw-bone with a ver
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