This often prevails at particular seasons, and spreads over whole
districts, sometimes destroying a great number of cattle. It is a
disorder whose intensity varies considerably, being sometimes attended
with a high grade of fever, at other times quickly followed by general
debility.
_Treatment._--This requires the same treatment as the last-named
disease, but only more thoroughly and perseveringly applied; for every
portion of the system seems to be affected, either through sympathetic
action or from the absorption of morbid matter. Hence we must aid the
vital power to maintain her empire and resist the encroachments on her
sanative operations by the use of antiseptics and stimulants. The
following is a good example:--
Powdered charcoal, 1 ounce.
" bayberry bark, half an ounce.
" pleurisy root, 1 ounce.
Honey, 1 table-spoonful.
Thin gruel, 1 quart.