Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-12
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lOuIO say tOO ul8 uCOuNAuOAi, UuN wv
apidly improving. In some instau-
Is the disease will give some warn
ng Of its approach, but, generally II,
be beast will appear to-day perfectly !
rell, and tomorrow he will be
ound with his head extended, his :
anks heaving, his breath hot, his
yes protruding, his muzzle dry, his
'ulse quick and hard-every sYmp-
ON, in short, Of the highest state Of
ever He utters low and distress
ng moaning; he 10 already half un-
he will stand for hours to-
,ether motionless, or II he moves, or
. compelled to move, there il 10 pecu-
lar staggering referrable to the hind
limbs, and generally one of them
more than the other; by and by he
gets uneasy, he shifts his weight from
foot to foot, he paws family and then
He rises, but almost Inn
drops again. lie now be-
gins to be, or has already been, near
" unconscious Of surrounding OBJ
jects.
There are many other symptoms
from which the different names Of the
disease arose. On the back or loirs,
or over one of the quarters there is
more or less swelling; II felt when It
first appears it is hot and tender and
firm, but it soon begins to yield to
the touch, and gives singular crack
ling noise when pressed upon. One
of the limbs likewise enlsrges, some
times through its whole extent, and
that enormously. 1t, too, is at first
firm, and hot and tender, but It soon
afterwards becomes soft aud fabby, |
or pits when pressed upon, :. e., the |
indentations of the fingers remsin.-l
When examined after death, that limb
is full of red putrid fluid; it 10 NOR
tilted, and seems to have been putre-
flying almost during the life of the
beast. Large ulcers break out In this
limb, and sometimes in other parts of
the body, and almost Immediately be-
come gangrenous; pieces of several
pounds in weight have sloughed
away; three-fourths of the udder
have dropped of, or have been so
gangrenous that it was necessary to
remove them, and the animal has
been one mass Of liberation. The
breath stinks horribly; q very often
sive, and sometimes purulent and
bloody fluid runs from the mouth !;
the urine is high-colored or bloody
aad the faces are also streaked with
blood, and the smell from them is
scarcely supportable.
j In this state the beast will some-
times continue two or three days, at
other times he will die in less than
twelve hours from the first attack.
J In a few instances. however, and
, when the disease has been early and
/ properly treated, all these dreadful
symptoms gradually disappear, and
the animal RECEIVERS.
1t is to redundancy, or overflow
ing of the blood, the consequences Of
, the sudden change from bad to good
living, that this disease most COM
monty owes its origin. 1t is most
prevalent In the latter part OF the
spring and in the autumn; and very
3 often, at these seasons of the year,
proves destructive to great numbers
of young cattle in different parts OF
the States. It is sometimes, however,
seen In the winter and the early part
, of spring, when the cattle are feeding
: on turnips. Some situations are more
subject to this complaint than others
,, It is most frequent In low, marshy
! grounds, and pastures situated by the
t side of woods.
n It Is disorder Of high condition
: and overlooking. The times of the
. year and the character of the cattle
l prove this. 1t occurs In the latter
. part of the spring, when the grass il
most luxuriant and nutritive, and in
the autumn, when we have the second
flush of grass; and the animals at
tackled are those principally that art
J, undergoing the process OF fattening
! and that have somewhattoo suddenly
f been removed from scanty pasturagt
, and low feeding to q profusion Of
heritage, and that of q nutritious and
stimulating kind. The disease some
: times occurs when the cattle have
3 been removed fl om one pasturage te
another on the same farm but more
SO when they have been brought from
poor land, at o distance, to richer
| soil. There are in the latter case two
! preparatory causes-the previous
!, poverty, and the fatigue and exhaus
: tinn of the journey
: This disease rarely admits Of cure
! but fortunately it may in general be
, prevented. If the malady is discov-
. cred as soon as it makes its appear
ancs, the beast should be Immediately
housed, and then from four to eight
quarts of blood taken away, accord
ling to the age and size. Two hours
after bleeding give purging drink,
as follows:
"Epsom Salts pound powder ed
Caraway seeds, x or, dissolve in .
quart of warm Cruel and give, (which
will be found of proper strength fol
young cattle from the age OF one two
years.)
The bleeding should be repeated in
three or four hours, If the animal Il
not materially relieved; and third
bleeding must follow the second, II
, the fever is undated. There must
be no child's play here; the disease
! must be knocked down at once, or il
will inevitably destroy the beast. The
physic likewise must be repeated nm.
} ill it has had its full effect.
u Az soon az the bowels are well
opened the Fever Drink No. l, (Tar.
J tar Emetic one drachm, powdered
Digitalis 4 draehm, Nitre 3 drachms
, mixed in q quart Of thick gruel,,,
. should be administered, and repeated
morning, noon and night, all food ex.
, cept little mash being removed.
II At the first appearance Of the dis.
| ease the part principally affected
: should be fomented several times In
+ the course of the day with hot water
! and for at least an hour each time,
For this purpose there should be two
: or three large pieces Of flannel in the
t water, that after one of them has been
applied thoroughly hot and dripping
f to the part affected, another equally
+ hot may be ready when this gets cold
, As soon as the fever begins evi.
: IDENTIFY to subside, and the beast il
!, more himself, and eats . little, thu
q fever medicine must not be pushed
9 too far. 1t should be remembered
0 that this is case of highly inflamma
Q tory disease, which soon passes over
y and is often succeeded by debility al
. most as dangerous a. the fever. TIL,
: OK, therefore, must mot be too mucl
It lowered but the fever abating, mild
a est Tonic Drink, (Gentian 2 drachms
o Emetic Tartar Is drachm, Nitre :,
: ounce. Give In Cruel.
nj If this does not bring back the feve
d it may be safely continued once ever,
day until the OK is we'll; or the guam
Is titles Of the gentian may beincreased
3 and the emetic tartar lessened, and q
G length altogether omitted, the nitr
y being still retained.
l. A seton (of black hellebore root j
B. it can be procured) should be insert
\ ed into the dewlap; and, If the beaa
Q can be moved, It should be driven I
ID much scantier pasture.
n, Should not the disease be discover
is ed until there IL considerable swell
e- ing, and . cracking noise in som
It tumefied part, cure 10 seldom effect
ID ed. Bleeding at this stage ofthe com
to plant, can seldom be resorted to, OF
it at least, one moderate bleeding onl
p should be prscticed, in order to sui
., due any lurking fever that may r.
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