Part 12 (2/2)

Powdered licorice, 1 ounce.

Composition, half a tea-spoonful.

Give this at a dose, and repeat two or three times during the twenty-four hours. A drink of any warm aromatic tea, _such as pennyroyal, hyssop, catnip or aniseed will have a good effect_. The diet should consist of scalded meal, boiled carrots, flaxseed, or any substance that is light and easy of digestion. Should the discharge increase and the eyelids swell, recourse must be had to vapor, which may be raised by pouring vinegar on a hot brick; the latter held, with a pair of tongs, beneath the animal's nose, at the same time covering the head with a blanket. A small quant.i.ty of bayberry bark may occasionally be blown up the nostrils from a quill. It is very important, during the treatment, that the animal be in a warm situation, with a good bed of straw to rest on. If the glands under the jaw enlarge, the following mixture should be rubbed about the throat:--

Neat's foot oil, 4 ounces.

Hot drops, 2 ounces.

Vinegar, 1 gill.

If the disease a.s.sumes a chronic form, and the animal is evidently losing flesh, then give the following:--

Golden seal, powdered, 1 table-spoonful.

Caraway seeds, ” 1 ”

Divide into three parts; which may be given daily, (in thin gruel,) until the animal is convalescent.

EPIDEMIC CATARRH.

This often prevails at particular seasons, and spreads over whole districts, sometimes destroying a great number of cattle. It is a disorder whose intensity varies considerably, being sometimes attended with a high grade of fever, at other times quickly followed by general debility.

_Treatment._--This requires the same treatment as the last-named disease, but only more thoroughly and perseveringly applied; for every portion of the system seems to be affected, either through sympathetic action or from the absorption of morbid matter. Hence we must aid the vital power to maintain her empire and resist the encroachments on her sanative operations by the use of antiseptics and stimulants. The following is a good example:--

Powdered charcoal, 1 ounce.

” bayberry bark, half an ounce.

” pleurisy root, 1 ounce.

Honey, 1 table-spoonful.

Thin gruel, 1 quart.

MALIGNANT EPIDEMIC, (MURRAIN.)

This disease has been more or less destructive from the time of Pharaoh up to the present period. For information on the origin, progress, and termination of this malignant distemper, the reader is referred to Mr.

Youatt's work on cattle.

_Treatment._--The indications to be fulfilled are, first, to preserve the system from putrescence, which can be done by the use of the following drink:--

Powdered capsic.u.m, 1 tea-spoonful.

” charcoal, 2 ounces.

Lime water, 4 ounces.

Sulphur, 1 tea-spoonful.

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