Produced by Don Kostuch

[Transcriber's Notes]

Here are the definitions of some unfamiliar (to me) words.

Aloin Intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.

Anise Annual, aromatic Mediterranean herb (Pimpinella anisum) cultivated for its fruit and the oil obtained from it; used to flavor foods, liqueurs, and candies.

Arecoline Toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used in veterinary medicine to kill and expel intestinal worms.

Asafoetida (Asafetida) Fetid gum resin of various Asian plants of the genus Ferula (especially F. assafoetida, F. foetida, or F. narthex) occurring in the form of tears and dark-colored masses, having a strong odor and taste. Formerly used in medicine as an antispasmodic and a general prophylactic against disease.

Bismuth Subnitrate White bismuth-containing powder Bi5O(OH)9(NO3)4 used in treating gastrointestinal disorders.

Bistoury Long, narrow-bladed knife used to open abscesses or to slit sinuses and fistulas.

Boracic Acid Also called boric acid or orthoboric acid. H3BO3. Used in medicine in aqueous [water] solution as a mild antiseptic.

Caeca Large blind pouch forming the beginning of the large intestine.

Calomel Mercurous chloride, Hg2Cl2. White, tasteless powder, used as a purgative and fungicide.

Cantharides Also called Spanish fly. Preparation of powdered blister beetles (the Spanish fly), used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.

Camphor Whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone, C10H16O, obtained from the camphor tree. Used in medicine as a counter-irritant for infections and to treat pain and itching.

Carbolic Acid Called phenol, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. White, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C6H5OH Used chiefly as a disinfectant and antiseptic.

Cascara Sagrada Bark of the cascara [buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana) native to northwest North America], used as a cathartic or laxative.

Catechu Several astringent substances obtained from tropical plants, including Acacia catechu and A. suma; used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.

Chloral Hydrate Colorless crystalline compound, CCl3CH(OH)2, used as a sedative.

Cloaca Common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians and many fishes.

Creosote Colorless to yellowish oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, especially from the wood of a beech, and formerly used as an expectorant in treating chronic bronchitis.

Crepitating Crackling or popping sound.

Drench Administer medicine to an animal by force.

Dropsical Edematous; swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid.

Table of contents (by pages)

• 1: The Veterinarian by Charles James Korinek
• 2: Nux Vomica Orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree
• 3: Ex State Veterinarian of Oregon
• 4: All technical language or terms
• 5: But the abscess continues to grow
• 6: Administer the following Pulv
• 7: Give the following prescription Potassi Nitrate
• 8: TREATMENT Wash the hands in some antiseptic solution
• 9: BOG SPAVINCAUSE Faulty conformation
• 10: The bot having selected its place of residence
• 11: SYMPTOMS It may be a simple bruise
• 12: It may be dislodged by gently manipulating the gullet
• 13: Poultice with hot bran or flaxseed meal
• 14: Rectal injections of Soap and Turpentine in small quantities
• 15: If not it will become chronic and terminate into nasal gleet
• 16: COLT DIARRHOEACAUSE Specific infection
• 17: A paste made from Potassi Chlorate
• 18: Give the following Potassi Nitrate
• 19: In case the abscess is newly formed
• 20: FILARIAE Thread like Worm CAUSE Drinking stagnant water
• 21: Place in a capsule and give with capsule gun
• 22: Farcy affects the skin by producing swellings
• 23: In a gelatin capsule and administer with capsule gun
• 24: They sometimes cling to the mucous membrane of the eyes
• 25: Psoroptic Mange commences at the root of the tail
• 26: Place in gelatin capsule and give with capsule gun
• 27: In the mild forms of nasal gleet or chronic catarrh
• 28: The foal or calf lived and was reared without difficulty
• 29: They select it and a rupture is produced
• 30: It may occur in an adult or an immature state
• 31: The second stage is suppuration
• 32: I would advise the following Red Iodide of Mercury
• 33: Also place the following tonic in their feed Pulv
• 34: Examine him for Scrotal Rupture
• 35: When brought on by navicular disease
• 36: Worms frequently produce colic
• 37: Which cause the animal to naturally stagger
• 38: TREATMENT In partial dislocation
• 39: It is well to lance the abscess if a soft spot can be found
• 40: SWEENEY Atrophy CAUSE An ill fitting collar
• 41: If you press on one side of a Thoroughpin
• 42: In gelatin capsule and give with capsule gun
• 43: Do not squeeze the Abscess to any extent
• 44: The following is very efficient Pulv
• 45: Contraction or displacement of the womb
• 46: Infection and severe hemorrhage may follow
• 47: If Diarrhoea is present give Gum Catechu
• 48: BLOODY MILKCAUSE Bloody Milk may be the result of injury
• 49: Every sign of Diarrhoea is present
• 50: If the womb contracts naturally and the afterbirth expelled
• 51: Placed in a capsule and given with capsule gun
• 52: Should be passed down the Esophagus or gullet
• 53: Give the capsules with capsule gun
• 54: Give Methylen Blue in thirty grain doses
• 55: Especially that of the udder and teats
• 56: After the paunch or rumen is filled
• 57: Follow this in six hours with two drams of Aloin
• 58: Cattle are particularly susceptible to Ergotism
• 59: The udder usually becomes affected
• 60: Producing irritation and inflammation and suppuration
• 61: Injuries may also cause Garget
• 62: INFLAMMATION OF THE BAG Simple Mammitis CAUSE Injuries
• 63: See that the teats and udder are sound
• 64: Placed in a gelatin capsule and given with capsule gun
• 65: The following will be found very effective Pulv
• 66: Actinomycosis CAUSE The Ray Fungus
• 67: Also tend to produce pneumonia
• 68: MEASLY BEEFIs produced by a larva of common tapeworm of man
• 69: Give a physic consisting of Aloin
• 70: Place in capsule and give with capsule gun
• 71: Stimulants are also advisable such as powdered Nux Vomica
• 72: Place in gelatin capsule and give with capsule gun
• 73: It becomes stringy after being let stand for a few hours
• 74: TAPEWORMCAUSE Small portions of tapeworms
• 75: Or reacting from tuberculin test
• 76: Place in capsule and give with capsule gun
• 77: WARTSCAUSE Warts may appear on various parts of the body
• 78: There is also a contagious form of abortion in sows
• 79: Pain and swelling in one or more teats
• 80: As Carbolic Acid or Bichloride of Mercury
• 81: To check the diarrhoea in pigs
• 82: Which destroys the Bacillus of Hog Cholera
• 83: Although diarrhoea is sometimes noticed
• 84: Pens and rubbing places with disinfectants
• 85: NAVEL RUPTURE Navel or Umbilical CAUSE Injuries
• 86: Or from irritating dips when treating for lice
• 87: He has a weakness of the circular fibres of the intestines
• 88: PLEURISYCAUSE Exposure to cold
• 89: SYMPTOMS The Roundworm is generally passed with the feces
• 90: The testicle will remain in the sack or scrotum
• 91: Turpentine is easily given to hogs
• 92: But occasionally is found in the large intestines
• 93: The following tonic is recommended Pulv
• 94: DIARRHOEA Dysentery CAUSE Diarrhoea
• 95: In cases where diarrhoea becomes chronic
• 96: In Garget or Congestion of the Udder in heavy milking ewes
• 97: SYMPTOMS When sheep or goats are attacked by this Gadfly
• 98: Sometimes bloating becomes chronic
• 99: The following tonic will be found beneficial Pulv
• 100: When first infected with Liver Fluke
• 101: The respiratory sounds are deadened
• 102: SCAB Mange CAUSE The mange mite Psoroptes Communis
• 103: SYMPTOMS Unthriftiness is first noticed
• 104: SYMPTOMS Although this disease is termed Blackhead
• 105: Bronchitis yields very favorably
• 106: When soft spots or abscesses develop
• 107: CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS Pulmonary Congestion CAUSE Exposure
• 108: Feed soft bran mashes and vegetables
• 109: Or to the absence of the secretions lubricating the oviduct
• 110: In which case the following tonic should be given Pulv
• 111: INCOMPLETE EGG Abortion CAUSE Irritation of the oviduct
• 112: Also paint the interior of brooders with the same solution
• 113: Dry well and apply Carbolated Ointment
• 114: Feed green food occasionally and warm bran mashes
• 115: TREATMENT Preventive treatment is the best
• 116: TEMPERATURE OF CATTLENormal temperature is from 101
• 117: Drenching is especially dangerous
• 118: An animal with a crooked hind leg is subject to bone spavin
• 119: Not only for the welfare of themselves
• 120: Black Strongylosis Sturdy Tick Typanitis