The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy managementDadd, George H.
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The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management
Dadd, George H.
Veterinary medicine
_Symptoms._--It is recognized by a muscular rigidity of the whole
system. The appetite is impaired, and the animal does not leave its sty
willingly.
_Treatment._--Keep the animal on a boiled diet, which should be given to
him warm. Remove the cause by avoiding exposure and filth, and give a
dose of the following:
Powdered sulphur, }
" sassafras, } equal parts.
" cinnamon, }
Dose, half a tea-spoonful, to be given in warm gruel. If this does not
give immediate relief, dip an old cloth in hot water, (of a proper
temperature,) and fold it round the animal's body. This may be repeated,
if necessary, until the muscular system is relaxed. The animal should be
wiped dry, and placed in a warm situation, with a good bed of straw.
MEASLES.
This disease is very common, yet is often overlooked.
_Symptoms._--It may be known by eruptions on the belly, ears, tongue, or
eyelids. Before the eruption appears, the animal is drowsy, the eyes are
dull, and there is sometimes loss of appetite, with vomiting. On the
other hand, if the disease shall have receded towards the internal
organs, its presence can only be determined by the general disturbance
of the digestive organs, and the appearance of a few eruptions beneath
the tongue.
_Treatment._--Remove the animal from its companions to a warm place, and
keep it on thin gruel. Give a tea-spoonful of sulphur daily, together
with a drink of bittersweet tea. The object is to invite action to the
surface, and maintain it there. If the eruption does not reappear on the
surface, rub it with the following liniment:--
Take one ounce of oil of cedar; dissolve in a wine-glass of alcohol;
then add half a pint of new rum and a tea-spoonful of sulphur.
Almost all the diseases of the skin may be treated in the same manner.
OPHTHALMIA.
_Causes._--Sudden changes in temperature, unclean sties, want of pure
air, and imperfect light.
_Treatment._--Keep the animal on thin gruel, and allow two tea-spoonfuls
of cream of tartar per day. Wash the eyes with an infusion of
marshmallows, until a cure is effected.
VERMIN.
Some animals are covered with vermin, which even pierce the skin, and
sometimes come out by the mouth, nose, and eyes.
_Symptoms._--The animal is continually rubbing and scratching itself, or
burrowing in the dirt and mire.
_Treatment._--First wash the body with a strong lie of wood ashes or
weak saleratus water, then with an infusion of lobelia. Mix a
tea-spoonful of sulphur, and the same quantity of powdered charcoal, in
the food daily.
RED ERUPTION.
This disease is somewhat analogous to scarlet fever. It makes its
appearance in the form of red pustules on the back and belly, which
gradually extend to the whole body. The external remedy is:--
Powdered bloodroot, half an ounce.
Boiling vinegar, 1 pint.
When cool, it should be rubbed on the external surface.
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