Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

FOUL IN THE FOOT. 437
parts and increasing the evil, and because the ox is much more im-
patient of the
vicious horse.
restraint of the bandage than is the most fidgety or
Constant pain seems to prey speedily and injuriously on cattle.
They have not the courage and, endurance of resistance, and there-
fore it is that these diseases of the feet soon begin very materially
to interfere with the condition of the beast. These things would
indicate the propriety of having recourse to the operation of neurotomy.
It is an operation which, resorted to in proper cases, will
often be practised to relieve the torture, and to improve the condition
of ruminants.
Homoeopathic treatment.—Acidurn phosphoricum is an excellent
remedy in most cases. Others have yielded to the efficacy of sulphur,
and of carbon vegetabilis, preceded by a few doses of nux
vomica. Lux recommends the bupodopurinum as specific. Mercurius
solubilis has often rendered great service in diseased feet. At
the onset of the disease, when there is yet only a difficulty of walk-
ing, and some sensibility of the sole, arnica (internally and externally)
and arsenicum may suffice for effecting a cure ; however, even
under such circumstances, acidum phosphoricum has succeeded more
than once, so that it may be considered as the most useful.