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The American Reformed Cattle Doctor

by George H. Dadd

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THE4
AMERICAN REFORMED4
CATTLE DOCTOR;5
CONTAINING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND CURING THE DISEASES OF5
OXEN, COWS, SHEEP, AND SWINE,6
WITH A GREAT VARIETY OF ORIGINAL RECIPES, AND VALUABLE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO6
FARM AND DAIRY MANAGEMENT;7
WHEREBY EVERY MAN CAN BE HIS OWN CATTLE DOCTOR.7
G. H. DADD, M. D., VETERINARY PRACTITIONER,8
AUTHOR OF "ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HORSE."8
BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY, 110 Washington Street. 1851.8
CONTENTS.10
INTRODUCTION.18
THE AMERICAN REFORMED CATTLE DOCTOR.23
IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLYING CATTLE WITH PURE WATER.23
REMARKS ON FEEDING CATTLE.25
THE BARN AND FEEDING BYRE.30
MILKING.33
A KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRY IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.34
ON BREEDING.39
METHOD OF PREPARING RENNET, AS PRACTISED IN ENGLAND.45
MAKING CHEESE.46
MAKING BUTTER.52
DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION IN CATTLE.55
RESPIRATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE LUNGS.62
CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.64
REMARKS ON BLOOD-LETTING.67
FOOTNOTES:75
EFFORTS OF NATURE TO REMOVE DISEASE.76
PROVERBS OF THE VETERINARY REFORMERS.79
AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE SOULS OF BRUTES.81
THE REFORMED PRACTICE.86
CREED OF THE REFORMERS.90
TRUE PRINCIPLES.92
FOOTNOTES:99
INFLAMMATION.100
FOOTNOTES:105
REMARKS,105
FOOTNOTES:116
NATURE, TREATMENT, AND CAUSES OF DISEASE IN CATTLE.117
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.119
LOCKED-JAW.127
FOOTNOTES:133
INFLAMMATORY DISEASES.133
JAUNDICE, OR YELLOWS.142
DISEASES OF THE MUCOUS SURFACE.145
FOOTNOTES:152
DISEASE OF THE EAR152
SEROUS MEMBRANES.153
DROPSY.154
HOOVE, OR "BLASTING."157
JOINT MURRAIN.160
BLACK QUARTER.162
OPEN JOINT.165
SWELLINGS OF JOINTS.166
SPRAIN OF THE FETLOCK.167
STRAIN OF THE HIP.168
FOUL IN THE FOOT.168
RED WATER.171
BLACK WATER.175
THICK URINE.175
RHEUMATISM.176
BLAIN.177
THRUSH.179
BLACK TONGUE.179
INFLAMMATION OF THE THROAT AND ITS APPENDAGES.[12]180
FOOTNOTES:180
BRONCHITIS.180
INFLAMMATION OF GLANDS.181
LOSS OF CUD.183
COLIC.184
SPASMODIC COLIC.185
CONSTIPATION.186
FALLING DOWN OF THE FUNDAMENT.189
CALVING.190
EMBRYOTOMY.193
FALLING OF THE CALF-BED, OR WOMB.194
GARGET.197
SORE TEATS.197
FEVER.198
FOOTNOTES:208
HORN AIL IN CATTLE.209
ABORTION IN COWS.211
COW-POX.214
MANGE.215
HIDE-BOUND.216
LICE.217
IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE SKIN OF ANIMALS IN A HEALTHY STATE.217
FOOTNOTES:222
SPAYING COWS.222
FOOTNOTES:228
SHEEP.231
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.231
STAGGERS.240
FOOT ROT.242
ROT.243
EPILEPSY.244
RED WATER.246
CACHEXY,[16] OR GENERAL DEBILITY.246
FOOTNOTES:247
LOSS OF APPETITE.247
FOUNDERING, (RHEUMATISM)248
TICKS.249
SCAB, OR ITCH.249
FOOTNOTES:250
DIARRHŒA.251
DYSENTERY.251
CONSTIPATION, OR STRETCHES.253
FOOTNOTES:255
SCOURS.255
DIZZINESS.256
FOOTNOTES:257
JAUNDICE.257
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS.258
WORMS.259
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH FROM EATING POISONOUS PLANTS.259
SORE NIPPLES.260
FRACTURES.261
COMMON CATARRH AND EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA.261
FOOTNOTES:263
CASTRATING LAMBS.264
NATURE OF SHEEP.265
THE RAM.265
LEAPING.267
ARGYLESHIRE BREEDERS.267
FATTENING SHEEP.268
IMPROVEMENT IN SHEEP.272
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP.277
SWINE.282
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.283
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HOG.287
FOOTNOTES:290
GENERALITIES.290
GENERAL DEBILITY, OR EMACIATION.291
EPILEPSY, OR FITS.292
RHEUMATISM.293
MEASLES.294
OPHTHALMIA.294
VERMIN.295
RED ERUPTION.296
DROPSY.296
CATARRH.297
COLIC.297
DIARRHŒA.298
FRENZY.298
JAUNDICE.299
SORENESS OF THE FEET.300
SPAYING.300
VARIOUS BREEDS OF SWINE.302
BOARS AND SOWS FOR BREEDING.303
FOOTNOTES:304
REARING PIGS.304
FOOTNOTES:306
FATTENING HOGS.306
METHOD OF CURING SWINE'S FLESH.309
APPENDIX.311
ON THE ACTION OF MEDICINES.311
CLYSTERS.313
FOOTNOTES:317
INFUSIONS.318
ANTISPASMODICS.319
FOMENTATIONS.320
MUCILAGES.321
WASHES.322
PHYSIC FOR CATTLE.323
POULTICES.326
STYPTICS, TO ARREST BLEEDING.330
ABSORBENTS.331
VETERINARY MATERIA MEDICA,334
GENERAL REMARKS ON MEDICINES.348
PROPERTIES OF PLANTS.351
POTATO.352
TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN DOGS359
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.359
DISTEMPER.361
FITS.362
WORMS.364
MANGE.365
INTERNAL ABSCESS OF THE EAR.366
ULCERATION OF THE EAR.366
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.367
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER.368
ASTHMA.369
PILES.369
DROPSY.370
SORE THROAT.371
SORE EARS.371
SORE FEET.372
WOUNDS.372
SPRAINS.373
SCALDS.373
OPHTHALMIA.374
WEAK EYES.375
FLEAS AND VERMIN.376
HYDROPHOBIA.376
FOOTNOTES:379
MALIGNANT MILK SICKNESS OF THE WESTERN STATES, OR CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS.379
FOOTNOTES:389
BONE DISORDER IN COWS.390
FOOTNOTES:398