Foot and mouth disease (aphtha)
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Oxen
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Pins
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Pinching the blister
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Gallura
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Oxen
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Fool’s-water-cress (Apium nodiflorum)
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Fresh plant massaged in the tongue
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Anglona
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Oxen
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
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Fresh plant massaged in the tongue
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Anglona
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Cattle a
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Seawater
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Mouth washes
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Anglona
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Cows, oxen
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Needle
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Blisters on tongue were stung with a needle
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Monte Acuto
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Cows
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Needle, scissors, salt
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The vein under the tongue was stung with a needle, then the blisters were cut with scissors and salt was added on the wounds
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Monte Acuto, Gallura
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Cows
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(*) Needle, salt
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Blisters of tongue was stung with a needle and added with salt
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Monte Acuto
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Cattle a
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Vinegar, salt
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Blisters of tongue were cut with a knife (or with a scissors) and tongue was disinfected with the mixture
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Monte Acuto
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Oxen
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Vinegar, salt
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Mouth washes
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Anglona
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Oxen
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River
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Oxen bathed in the river for several times
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Monte Acuto
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Pigs, cows
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare), water
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Barley flour boiled with water given as feed
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Monte Acuto
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Oxen
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Vinegar
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Mouth washes
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Meilogu
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Cattle a
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Brine
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Applied to the tongue
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Gallura
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Cattle a
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Brine, vinegar
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Applied to the tongue with a cloth
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Goceano
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Cattle a, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, hens
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Mud
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Applied to the tongue
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Anglona
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Swine fever
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Pigs
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Milk goats
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Intravenous injection
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Monte Acuto
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Pigs
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Blood of rabbit
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Intravenous injection
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Barbagia di Nuoro
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Fever
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Oxen
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Mallow (Malva sylvestris)
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Decoction of plants was filtered and given to drink
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Monte acuto
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Mastitis
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Cows
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Peg
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The mammary vein was excised and then left bleeding, the haemorrhage was stopped by pinching the vessel with a peg
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Sassarese
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Cattle a
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Ashes, water
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Ashes boiled in water and applied with a bandage
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Monte Acuto, Sassarese, Anglona
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Cattle a
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Vinegar, ash
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Massaged on udder
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Monte Acuto
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Cattle a, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, hens
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Downy cork (Quercus pubescens) cortex, water
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Cortex boiled in water until reddish, then the water was used to wash the udder
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Barbagia di Nuoro
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Cattle a
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Ozzu casu (fat obtained by boiling the cream of the milk with flour)
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Massaged on udder
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Sassarese, Nurra, Gallura
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Eyes infection
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Cattle a
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Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) bone
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Powder inserted into the eye or massaged around the eyes
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Monte Acuto, Meilogu, Anglona
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Cattle a, horses
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Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) bone
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Powder inserted into the eye
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Gallura, Sassarese
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Cattle a
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Wild teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
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Eye washed with the plant decoction
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Anglona
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Hoof infection
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Horses, oxen
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Garlic (Allium sativum)
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Crushed garlic application after nail clipping
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Sassarese
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Horses, oxen
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Burnt lard
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Burnt lard application after nail clipping
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Sassarese
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Oxen
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Burnt sugar
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The sugar was burnt over the wound
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Monte Acuto
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Horses
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Rope made of goat’s hair
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Incision of the nail with a knife then hoof dressed with the hairy rope
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Monte Acuto
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Cattle a
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Clay, water
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Applied on the hoof with a bandage
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Gallura
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Blood poisoning (septicemia)
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Cows
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Knife
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Bleeding by incising the neck vein
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Goceano
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Pigs
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Cow’s milk
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Intravenous injection
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Monte Acuto
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Carbuncle
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Horses, cattle a
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Red-hot iron
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Cauterization of the vesicles
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Barbagia di Nuoro, Goceano, Monte Acuto
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Respiratory diseases
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Dogs
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Anagyris (Anagyris foetida)
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The plant was put as a collar to the cold affected dog
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Barbagia di Nuoro
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Calves, oxen
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Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), water
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Decoction of plants given as drink
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Monte Acuto
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Oxen
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Mallow (Malva sylvestris)
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Decoction of plants given as drink
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Anglona, Meilogu,
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Cattle a
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Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis), water
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Decoction of leaves given as drink
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Anglona
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Oxen
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Wild ficus tree (Ficus carica var., caprificus)
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The oxen covered with a blanket had to breathe the fumes of burnt leaves of wild fig tree for 3 days
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Monte Acuto
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Horses
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Hot bran (Hordeum vulgare, Triticum durum)
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Decoction of plant given as feed
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Gallura
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