DISEASES OF THE LIVER.

The liver of the ox is situated on the right side, be­
tween the third stomach and the diaphragm. Unlike the
liver of the horse, it is provided with a gall-bladder large
enough to contain several ounces of bile. The bile is
liable to become thickened and form calculi as large as a
walnut. These are sometimes discharged in the feces,
and the pain they cause is thus distinguished from colic

Anything that interferes with the secretion of bile may
cause

JAUNDICE (THE YELLOWS).

Jaundice is easily distinguished by the yellow color of
the skin and membranes and the many other signs of
disorder which accompany it. But it must not be con­
founded with the yellowness caused by certain foods.

See page 133.

Remedy.—Small quantity of laxative, digestible food.
Purge with sulphate of magnesium (Epsom salt), 16 oz.,
powdered aloes, 8 drams, powdered ginger, ½ oz., mixed
with a pint of warm water or gruel.

Draft : Chloride ammonium, 4 drams, bicarbonate pot­
assium, 1 oz., ginger, 4 drams, in pint of warm water,
twice daily.

Anything that interferes with the secretion of bile may
also cause

INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER.

A good draft for inflammation of the liver is : Sul­
phate sodium, 16 oz., caraway seed, 1 oz., in pint warm

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THE DISEASES OF CATTLE.

water, repeated next day if necessary. A 1-dram dose of
calomel may be given next day instead of the draft, and
half that dose for several days afterward.

Another draft : Tincture aconite (V. P.), 40 drops, chlo­
ride ammonium. 6 drams, spirit nitrous ether, 1 fluid oz.,
water in proportion, 3 times daily till fever abates. Then
omit aconite.

Draft for Torpid Liver: Diluted nitro-hydrochloric
acid, 4 fluid drams, spirit chloroform, ½ fluid oz., tinc­
ture euonymin, 1 fluid oz., water in proportion.

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