The Farmer’s Veterinarian

About this eBook

Author

Burkett, Charles William, 1873-1962

Title

The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm Stock

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Veterinary medicine

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55366

Release Date

August 16, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Farmer’s Veterinarian
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.Table of Contents
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION Facing Disease on the Farm — 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
6. 6.CHAPTER I How the Animal Body is Formed — Nature of the Cell. — The Animal Body a Group Collection. — A Word About the Cells. — BODY TISSUES — Blood and Lymph. — Skin and Hair. — THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BODY — The Skeleton. — The Skull. — The Pelvic Girdle. — Legbones of Farm Animals. — Feet. — The Muscular System of Farm Animals. — The Nervous System. — The Respiratory Organs. — The Urinary Organs. — The Reproductive Apparatus.
7. 7.CHAPTER II Some Physiology You Ought to Know — Meaning of Plant Building. — DIGESTION OF THE FOOD — Process of Mastication. — Gastric Juice. — The Stomach Churn. — Absorption of the Nutriment. — CIRCULATION — Lymph Passes Through Cell Walls. — How the Heart Does Its Work. — RESPIRATION
8. 8.CHAPTER III The Teeth As An Indication of Age — LOSING OF TEMPORARY TEETH — THE MARK IN THE TOOTH — TEETH OF CATTLE — TEETH OF SHEEP
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Examining Animals for Soundness and Health — 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 — The Nostril As An Index. — Looking In the Mouth. — Neck and Throat. — Body and Back. — Fore Legs and Front Feet. — Examine for Corns. — Hind Legs and Feet. — EXAMINING FOR LAMENESS — TESTING THE WIND — TESTING OF THE PACES — CONSIDERING FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE
10. 10.CHAPTER V Wounds and Their Treatment — THE KINDS OF WOUNDS — FIRST STEP IN TREATING — Cleansing the Wound. — Making the Bandage. — Special Treatment. — Nail Punctures. — Treating Bruises. — Leg Wounds. — Maggots in Wounds.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Making a Post Mortem Examination — FIRST THINGS TO DO — Observe the Discharges. — Accidents and Injury. — After Removing the Skin. — EXAMINING THE INTERNAL ORGANS — Stomach and Intestines. — Kidneys and Bladder. — Lungs. — Other Observations.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII Common Medicines and Their Actions — 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 — Colic Mixture. — Fly Blister. — Red Blister. — Cough Mixture. — Soothing Ointment. — Hoof Ointment. — Physic Drench for Horses. — Physic Drench for Cattle.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII The Meaning of Disease — Disease, Both General and Local. — CAUSES OF DISEASE — Disease from Chemical Causes. — Heredity Plays a Part. — Germs and Parasites. — ORIGIN OF DISEASE — Immunity Sought by Inoculation. — Some Animals More Resistant to Disease. — THE COURSE OF DISEASE — Typical Courses the Rule. — THE TERMINATION OF DISEASES
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease — MAKE A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION — Taking the Pulse. — Taking the Temperature. — Taking the Respiration. — THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE — Helping the Body Fight. — ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES — Giving Medicines in a Ball. — Giving Medicines in a Drench. — Poultices. — Mustard Plasters. — Blistering. — Firing. — CARING FOR SICK ANIMALS — Food and Drink.
15. 15.CHAPTER X Diseases of Farm Animals — ABORTION. — ABSCESS. — ACTINOMYCOSIS. — AFTERBIRTH, RETENTION OF. — ANEMIA. — ANTHRAX, OR CHARBON. — The Management of the Sick Animal — APOPLEXY. — AZOTURIA, OR MONDAY MORNING DISEASE. — BARRENNESS. — BIG HEAD. — BIG JAW OF CATTLE. — BIG KNEE. — BIG LEG. — BITTER MILK. — BLACKHEAD. — BLACKLEG. — Using Blackleg Vaccine. — BLADDER, STONE IN. — BLIND STAGGERS. — BLOATING IN CATTLE. — BLOOD POISONING. — BLOODY MILK. — BLOODY URINE. — BOG SPAVIN. — BONE SPAVIN. — BOT FLIES OR BREEZE FLIES. — Horse Bot Fly. — Bot-Fly of Cattle or Warbles. — The Bot-Fly of Sheep — BOTS. — BROKEN WIND. — BRONCHITIS. — BUNCHES. — BURNS. — CAKED BAG. — CAKED UDDER. — CALF CHOLERA. — CALF SCOURS. — CANCER. — CAPPED ELBOW. — CAPPED HOCK. — CAPPED KNEE. — CASTRATION. — Suggestions About the Operation. — CATARRH. — CATTLE SCAB. — CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. — CHARBON. — CHEST FOUNDER. — CHICKEN CHOLERA. — CHOKING. — COFFIN JOINT LAMENESS. — COLDS. — COLIC. — Spasmodic Colic. — Flatulent Colic. — CONCRETIONS OR CALCULI OF URINARY ORGANS. — Treatment varies — 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. — Symptoms of Fistulous Withers. — FITS. — FLATULENT COLIC. — FLEAS. — FLIES. — FLUKES, LIVER. — FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. — FOOT PUNCTURE. — FOOT ROT IN SHEEP. — FOUNDER. — Founder May Occur — The Feet Should Be Kept Moist. — 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. — Preventing the Disease. — A Disastrous Experience. — Cleaning Up. — Hog Cholera Vaccination. — General Method. — The Serum Hog. — Vaccination. — Vaccination Does Not Spread 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. — The Characteristic Symptom — Tetanus Is a Preventable Disease. — LOCO DISEASE. — LUMPY JAW. — LUNGS, CONGESTION OF. — LUNG FEVER. — LUNG WORMS IN LAMBS AND CALVES. — LYMPHANGITIS. — MAD DOG. — MAGGOTS. — MALLENDERS. — MAMMITIS. — MANGE. — MILK FEVER. — Treatment Very Simple. — MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS. — NASAL GLEET. — NAVICULAR DISEASE. — NITS. — NODULAR DISEASE IN SHEEP. — OBSTETRICS. — Manner of Delivery. — PALISADE WORM. — PARALYSIS. — PARASITES. — PARTURIENT APOPLEXY. — PARTURITION, DIFFICULT. — PERITONITIS. — PINK EYE. — PLACENTA. — PLEURISY. — PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. — PNEUMONIA. — POLL EVIL. — QUARTER CRACK. — QUITTOR. — RABIES. — RHEUMATISM. — Rheumatism of the Joints — RINGBONE. — RINGWORM. — ROARING. — ROUP. — SAND CRACK. — SCAB IN CATTLE. — SEPTIC NAVEL INFECTION. — SHEEP BOTS. — SIDE BONES. — SLOBBERING. — SPASMODIC COLIC. — SPAVIN. — SPAYING. — SPLINTS. — SPRAINS. — STAGGERS. — Staggers in Sheep — 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. — The Cause. — The Course of the Disease. — Pathological Changes Observable After Death. — The Cattle Tick — How Prevention Is Possible. — THICK LEG. — THOROUGHPIN. — THRUSH. — THUMPS. — TICK FEVER. — TRICHINOSIS. — TUBERCULOSIS. — Where Tubercles Are to Be Found. — The Symptoms of Tuberculosis — The Bang Method for the Control — 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.
16. 16.Index
17. 17.Transcriber’s Notes

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