McClure's American horse, cattle and sheep doctor; being a full description of the diseases common to these animals, together with a complete list and method of administering the medicines required in their treatment . d private circulars, as infallible cures formost all diseases which can be named, in either man orbeast; either for external application, or internal adminis-tration. No subject in medicine has been more fullyexposed than the great and absuid pretensions of thesemedicines. But, notwithstanding all this, the credulity ofeven the best class of society is great, the readiest victim
McClure's American horse, cattle and sheep doctor; being a full description of the diseases common to these animals, together with a complete list and method of administering the medicines required in their treatment . d private circulars, as infallible cures formost all diseases which can be named, in either man orbeast; either for external application, or internal adminis-tration. No subject in medicine has been more fullyexposed than the great and absuid pretensions of thesemedicines. But, notwithstanding all this, the credulity ofeven the best class of society is great, the readiest victimsbeing found among them. It surely requires no argumentto show how dangerous must be the indiscriminate use ofpowerful drugs when compounded by parties who likelynever had the slightest opportunity to acquire a medicaleducation, and why such persons cannot cure, by theirremedies, diseases which are, or may be, deemed incurable,and have defied the most consummate skill and experienceof the veterinary medical world. Quinsy.—A name given to sore throat, (^ee Dis-temper and Influeijza.) Quitter.—This term is used in England for a disease inthe foot of a fistulous character, (See Foot Diseases.) RESPIRATION. 183. ?? QniTTOR Syringe, with Rings. To be used with o«k Hakd. Babies.—(See Hydrophobia.) Xlachitis.—A disease of the bones of young animals,due to a deficiency of earthy matter, (lime,) which caueesthe bones to yield, being too soft. In colts of the firstyear, some will be observed to stand so close at the knees,that one joint touches the other, which gives the fore legsa curious looking twist, with the feet turned out, and theknees bent in. Colts so affected soon get well when theyare supplied with good, nutritious food, in which thephosphate of lime predominates. Rachitis, (pronouncedracketis,) in old horses, is seldom seen; and when it is, itis in the bones of the back or lumbar vertebrae, is char-acterized by swellings of an irregular kind, with wateroozing from th
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