Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-07-12
DISEASES OF CATTLE,
From the Official Government
Report of 1896,
Dry Murraln - Indigestion OF The
Third Stomach.

Causes - Improper food, food
having astringent proprieties.
Likely to appear towards end pro.
traoted drouth and therefore a de-
ficency of water must be regarded
ar favorable to development.
Symptoms-Diminishe appetite
rumination diminished, tongue
coated, mouth slimy, dullness,
fullness Of flanks. On pressing the
fist on short ribs on right side,
third stomach will be found as a
hard sort of a mass. As disease
becomes chronic animal breathes
with effort, usual rumbling sound
in stomach is not audible, passages
almost cease and are confined to a
little mucus, brain becomes dis.
ordered, delirious condition being
generally followed by death.
Treatment-Two ounce OF
chamomile flowers boiled 20 min.
utes in quart Of water and repeat
three times a day. II constipated,
sulphate Of magnesia l pound,
aloes ID ounce, powdered ginger
ounce, powdered nux vomicA
drachm fluid extract belladonna1 2
ounce. The different powders in
this prescription should be Stirred
in two quarts of lukewarm water
and then the belladonna added
and dose administered. After this
purgatiye has acted, if there is a
lack of appetite, give: Powdered
gentian 3 ounces, powdered BIZ
carbonate Of potash 3 ounces,
powdered ginger 3 ounces, powder
ed capsicum ounce. Mix and
divide into IL powders, one
which should be given three times
a day with a half pint of whiskey,
and a pint of water.
RED MURRAIN-DYsENT
Causes-Any musty food, hay or
coarse grass containing large pro.
portion of woody fiber, pastures
that have been overhowed or veg.
citation on marshy ground. The
excrela of animals suffering from
the disease should be buried or
burned.
Symptoms-Animal eats slowly
ruminates less than in health,
walks slowly; indications of COL
icky pains. As disease advances
animal ceases to ca. or ruminate,
muzzle is dry, eyes sunken the
coat rough, skin dry and hide
bound, bowels act irregularly and
passages are thin, black colored or
then become frequent,
feted, and streaked with blood.
Treatment-1 pound sulphate OF
should be mixed with 4
quarts oftepid water, and 2 draohms
Of sulphuric acid gradually added.
Give as one dose, earlierI
in stages of disease the better.
Food should he soft and easy OF
digestion, and may consist Of
boiled grass, boiled or pulped roots
and nutritise drinks, such as lin.
seed tea, hay, tea, etc. When
this purgative partly unloads the
bowels give this powder three
times a day in a quart Of linseed !
tea: ipecacuanha IL ounce,
opium / ounce, mix and divide i'm
10 IL powders. when the forego- |
Ing preparation is not effective, oil |
oi turpentlne may be given in
half ounce doses 3 times a day in a |
quart Of sweet milk. Other rem. |
dies are sulphate ofcopper, drachm
doses, with 20 grains ofcpium in !
quart Of lInseed tea. Nitrate Of
silver, l0-grain doses, dissolved in
4 pint Of water. The latter rem.
dies are not advised TO be used in
3arly stages of the diseases.
TEXAS FEVER.
Symptoms-After a period of ex-
posure to soil infected by ticks,
which may vary from 10 to 80 days,
he disease shows itself in dullness
oss OF appetite and a tendency to
cave the heard and stand or lie
down alone. A high fever may
have previously been detected.
Bowels constipaled; towards the
md feces may become softer and
ieeply tinged with bile, urine
.oward The last deeply stained
with blood. Asthe end approaches
,mncialion b6comes very marked