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Powdered kino, 20 grains.

Thin flour gruel, 1 quart.

To be given at a dose, and repeated night and morning, as occasion requires.

LADY'S SLIPPER, (_cypripedium p.u.b.escens_.) This is a valuable nervine and antispasmodic, and has been used with great success, in my practice, for allaying nervous irritability. It is a good subst.i.tute for opium. It is, however, dest.i.tute of all the poisonous properties of the latter. Dose for a cow, half a table-spoonful of the powder, night and morning; to be given in bland fluid.

LICORICE. Used princ.i.p.ally to alleviate coughs. The following makes an excellent cough remedy:--

Powdered licorice, 1 ounce.

Balsam of Tolu, 1 tea-spoonful.

Boiling water, 1 quart.

To be given at a dose.

LILY ROOT, (_nymphaea odorata_.) Used princ.i.p.ally for poultices.

LIME WATER. This article is used in diarrhoea, and when the discharge of urine is excessive. Being an antacid, it is very usefully employed when cattle are hoven or blown. It is unsafe to administer alone, as it often deranges the digestive organs: it is therefore very properly combined with tonics. The following will serve as an example:--

Lime water, 2 ounces.

Infusion of snakehead, (balmony,) 2 quarts.

Dose, a quart, night and morning.

LOBELIA, (herb,) (_lobelia inflata_.) This is an excellent antispasmodic. It is used in the form of poultice for locked-jaw, and as a relaxant in rigidity of the muscular structure.

MANDRAKE, (_podophyllum peltatum_.) Used as physic for cattle, (which see.)

MARSHMALLOWS. See _Althea_

MEADOW CABBAGE ROOT, (_ictodes foetida_.) This plant is used as an antispasmodic in asthma and chronic cough. Dose, a tea-spoonful of the powder, night and morning; to be given in mucilage of slippery elm.

MOTHERWORT, (_leonurus cardiaca_.) A tea of this herb is valuable in protracted labor.

MULLEIN, (_verbasc.u.m_.) The leaves steeped in vinegar make a good application for sore throat.

MYRRH. The only use we make of this article, in cattle practice, is to prepare a tincture for wounds, as follows:--

Powdered myrrh, 2 ounces.

Proof spirit, 1 pint.

Set it aside in a close-covered vessel for two weeks, then strain through a fine sieve, and it is fit for use.

OAK BARK, (_quercus alba_.) A decoction of oak bark is a good astringent, and may be given internally, and also applied externally in falling of the womb or fundament.

OINTMENTS. We have long since discontinued the use of ointments, from a conviction that they do not agree with the flesh of cattle. Marshmallows, or tincture of myrrh, will heal a wound much quicker than any greasy preparation. We have, however, often applied fresh marshmallow ointment to chapped teats, and chafed udder, with decided advantage. It is made as follows: Take of white wax, mutton tallow, and linseed oil, each a pound; marshmallow leaves, two ounces.

First melt the wax and tallow, then add the oil, lastly a handful of mallows. Simmer over a slow fire until the leaves are crisp, then strain through a piece of flannel, and stir the mixture until cool.

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