Manual of veterinary homeopathy : $b comprising diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, dogs and poultry and their homeopathic treatmentHumphreys, F. (Frederick)
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Manual of veterinary homeopathy : $b comprising diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, dogs and poultry and their homeopathic treatment
Humphreys, F. (Frederick)
Homeopathic veterinary medicine
To these warning symptoms are added, with more or less rapidity, the
more formidable ones, which are often first to attract the attention of
the owner. The milk is reduced in quantity or entirely stopped; the eyes
glisten and look bright and staring; the white of the eye is covered
with numerous red streaks, or is of a leaden color; the eye-balls are
thrust forward in their sockets, and give the cow a somewhat wild and
anxious expression; the hind legs seem weak, and are separated a little
from each other; she appears to stand uneasily upon them, resting for a
time on one foot and then changing to the other; this paddling and
shifting from one leg to another continues as the difficulty of standing
increases, until the animal supports herself by leaning against the
stall; she does not chew the cud; all discharge from the bearing is
stopped; the calf is neglected; the pulse becomes slower than before,
and the breathing more difficult; the udder is hard and swelled, and
little or no milk can be drawn from it; gradually becoming worse, the
weakness in the hind legs increases, so they can no longer support her;
she staggers and sways about, falling, at length, heavily on the ground;
she struggles, tries to rise again, and may or may not succeed, but in
either case soon loses the power of rising, and lies helpless upon the
ground. In this stage of the complaint the symptoms vary. In some cases
we have the following: The cow tosses her head from side to side,
writhes her body and lashes her tail, struggles, stretches out her hind
legs, moans and bellows, and seems to suffer great pain. The breathing
is also difficult and labored; the skin covered with clammy sweat; the
paunch enormously swollen from accumulated gas. Unless this swelling
subsides, the breathing becomes more difficult and labored; the pulse
more rapid and oppressed, so as scarcely to be counted; the legs very
cold; pain is worse; fetid gas rises from the stomach, and death ensues.
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