The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm Stock
FARM LIFE SERIES
THE FARMER’S VETERINARIAN
By Charles William Burkett
HANDY FARM DEVICES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
By Rolfe Cobleigh
MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY
By M. G. Kains
FARM CROPS
By Charles William Burkett
PROFITABLE STOCK RAISING
By Clarence A. Shamel
PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION
Charles William Burkett
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PREFACE
Table of Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LEARN TO RECOGNIZE ANIMAL DISEASES
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE
DISINFECT FREQUENTLY; IT NEVER HURTS AND IT MAY DO A WORLD OF GOOD
PUT SICK ANIMALS OFF BY THEMSELVES
Nature of the Cell.
The Animal Body a Group Collection.
A Word About the Cells.
BODY TISSUES
THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BODY
Meaning of Plant Building.
DIGESTION OF THE FOOD
CIRCULATION
RESPIRATION
LOSING OF TEMPORARY TEETH
THE MARK IN THE TOOTH
TEETH OF CATTLE
TEETH OF SHEEP
LOOKING THE ANIMAL OVER
SPECIAL TYPE IN HORSES
EXAMINING ANIMALS IN THE STABLE
REAL TEST IS OUT OF DOORS
SPECIAL TYPE IN CATTLE
GOING OVER THE ANIMAL IN DETAIL
EXAMINING FOR LAMENESS
TESTING THE WIND
TESTING OF THE PACES
CONSIDERING FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE
THE KINDS OF WOUNDS
FIRST STEP IN TREATING
FIRST THINGS TO DO
EXAMINING THE INTERNAL ORGANS
ACONITE
ALOES
ALUM
ANISEED
ARNICA
ARSENIC
BELLADONNA
BUTTER OF ANTIMONY
BROMIDE OF POTASSIUM
BINIODIDE OF MERCURY
CAMPHOR
CANTHARIDES OR SPANISH FLY
CARBOLIC ACID
CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE
CASTOR OIL
CALOMEL
CROTON OIL
CAUSTIC POTASH
CREOLIN
GENTIAN
GINGER
HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA
IODINE
IODIDE OF POTASSIUM
LINSEED OIL
LAUDANUM
NUX VOMICA
NITRATE OF SILVER
NITRATE OF POTASH
SULPHATE OF COPPER
SULPHATE OF IRON
SUGAR OF LEAD
SWEET SPIRITS OF NITER
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE
SALTS
SULPHUR
SOME COMMON PRESCRIPTIONS
Disease, Both General and Local.
CAUSES OF DISEASE
ORIGIN OF DISEASE
THE COURSE OF DISEASE
THE TERMINATION OF DISEASES
MAKE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES
CARING FOR SICK ANIMALS
ABORTION.
ABSCESS.
ACTINOMYCOSIS.
AFTERBIRTH, RETENTION OF.
ANEMIA.
ANTHRAX, OR CHARBON.
APOPLEXY.
AZOTURIA, OR MONDAY MORNING DISEASE.
BARRENNESS.
BIG HEAD.
BIG JAW OF CATTLE.
BIG KNEE.
BIG LEG.
BITTER MILK.
BLACKHEAD.
BLACKLEG.
BLADDER, STONE IN.
BLIND STAGGERS.
BLOATING IN CATTLE.
BLOOD POISONING.
BLOODY MILK.
BLOODY URINE.
BOG SPAVIN.
BONE SPAVIN.
BOT FLIES OR BREEZE FLIES.
BOTS.
BROKEN WIND.
BRONCHITIS.
BUNCHES.
BURNS.
CAKED BAG.
CAKED UDDER.
CALF CHOLERA.
CALF SCOURS.
CANCER.
CAPPED ELBOW.
CAPPED HOCK.
CAPPED KNEE.
CASTRATION.
CATARRH.
CATTLE SCAB.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
CHARBON.
CHEST FOUNDER.
CHICKEN CHOLERA.
CHOKING.
COFFIN JOINT LAMENESS.
COLDS.
COLIC.
CONCRETIONS OR CALCULI OF URINARY ORGANS.
CONSTIPATION.
CORNS.
CORNSTALK DISEASE.
COW POX.
CRACKED HOOFS.
CRIBBING.
CRIB SUCKERS.
CRAMP COLIC.
CURB.
DIABETES; PROFUSE STALING.
DIARRHOEA.
DIFFICULT PARTURITION.
DIPPING LIVE STOCK.
DISHORNING.
DISTEMPER.
DROPSY.
DYSTOKIA.
ECZEMA.
DYSENTERY.
ENTERITIS.
EPILEPSY.
EPIZOOTIC.
ERGOTISM.
ERYSIPELAS.
FARCY.
FEVER.
FISTULAE.
FITS.
FLATULENT COLIC.
FLEAS.
FLIES.
FLUKES, LIVER.
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
FOOT PUNCTURE.
FOOT ROT IN SHEEP.
FOUNDER.
CHRONIC FOUNDER.
FOWL CHOLERA.
GAPES.
GARGET.
GASTRITIS.
GID IN SHEEP.
GLANDERS.
GRAVEL OR DIRT IN FOOT.
GREASE HEEL.
GRUB IN THE HEAD.
HAIR BALLS.
HEAVES.
HEAT EXHAUSTION AND SUNSTROKE.
HERNIA.
HIDE-BOUND.
HIGH BLOWING.
HIP JOINT LAMENESS.
HIPPED.
HOG CHOLERA.
HOLLOW HORN.
HOOF CRACKS.
HORN FLY.
HOVEN.
HYDROCEPHALUS.
HYDROPHOBIA
HYDROTHORAX.
IMPACTION OF RUMEN.
INDIGESTION.
INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA.
INFECTIOUS ANEMIA IN HORSES.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.
INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS.
INFLUENZA.
INTESTINAL WORMS IN HORSES.
INTESTINAL WORMS IN SHEEP.
ITCH.
JAUNDICE.
KIDNEY WORMS.
KNEE SPRUNG.
LAMINITIS.
LICE.
LIVER FLUKES.
LOCKJAW.
LOCO DISEASE.
LUMPY JAW.
LUNGS, CONGESTION OF.
LUNG FEVER.
LUNG WORMS IN LAMBS AND CALVES.
LYMPHANGITIS.
MAD DOG.
MAGGOTS.
MALLENDERS.
MAMMITIS.
MANGE.
MILK FEVER.
MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS.
NASAL GLEET.
NAVICULAR DISEASE.
NITS.
NODULAR DISEASE IN SHEEP.
OBSTETRICS.
PALISADE WORM.
PARALYSIS.
PARASITES.
PARTURIENT APOPLEXY.
PARTURITION, DIFFICULT.
PERITONITIS.
PINK EYE.
PLACENTA.
PLEURISY.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
PNEUMONIA.
POLL EVIL.
QUARTER CRACK.
QUITTOR.
RABIES.
RHEUMATISM.
RINGBONE.
RINGWORM.
ROARING.
ROUP.
SAND CRACK.
SCAB IN CATTLE.
SEPTIC NAVEL INFECTION.
SHEEP BOTS.
SIDE BONES.
SLOBBERING.
SPASMODIC COLIC.
SPAVIN.
SPAYING.
SPLINTS.
SPRAINS.
STAGGERS.
STOMACH AND INTESTINAL WORMS IN SHEEP.
STONE IN BLADDER.
STRANGLES.
STRINGHALT IN HORSES.
SUNSTROKE.
SWAMP FEVER.
SWEENY.
SWINE PLAGUE.
TAPE WORMS.
TETANUS.
TEXAS OR TICK FEVER.
THICK LEG.
THOROUGHPIN.
THRUSH.
THUMPS.
TICK FEVER.
TRICHINOSIS.
TUBERCULOSIS.
TUMORS.
TUMORS IN PIGS AFTER CASTRATION.
WARBLES.
WARTS.
WATER IN THE BRAIN.
WATER IN THE CHEST.
WHITE SCOURS OF CALVES.
WIND COLIC.
WIND PUFFS.
WIND SUCKING.
WORMS.
WORMS IN HOGS.
Index
Transcriber’s Notes