298 -^ Cure for the Blaci-tpald In Calves, Aug, 



and make a noife like a piece of dry (kin that is prefled between 

 one's hands. Twenty-four hours of the difeafe commonly does 

 the bufinefs ; but I never law any that died, furvive thirty- fix 

 hours. 



The firft cure for this complaint, that I ever faw performed, 

 was on an ox of four and a half years of age. As he was going in 

 the plouj:^h, 1 obfcrved him a little lame in one of the hinder f ft. 

 At firlt 1 thought he had trampled upon a itone ; but as it ftill 

 grew worfc, I foon fufpectcd it was the quarter- ill ; the more fo, 

 as there was a good year old died of tiiat diforder three weeks be- 

 fore. By the time he was got to the byre, the crackling between 

 the {kin and the flefh was very perceptible on the top joint of the 

 ofF-fide hinder leg. As our blackfmith had fome (kill among live 

 flock, he was inflantly fent for. The firil thing he did was to 

 take a little blood from a vein in the neck. He then pulled the 

 fjiin from the flcih, on the part that feemcd moft pained, ftill 

 keeping the beaii walking as much as poihble. He then caufed 

 cold water to be poured in large quantities on the part affe£led, 

 ftill rubbing and keeping the Ikin loofe on the aitecled part. 

 Finding the Ikin adhere much to the flefh, he then made three 

 cuts with a penknife, two inches long, into v/hich he rubbed fait 

 and water. In this manner he continued four hours. The one 

 time driving him, then pouring on water, rubbing in fait, and 

 loofening the fkin from the flefli. By this time he was not near 

 fo cripple, and began to take his food. We were ordered, how- 

 ever, to keep him in motion all night, and in the morning he was 

 well foVrhis food, and never had any more figns of the difeafe. 

 Since that time, I have followed the blackfmith's pra6lice, 

 and have often been iuccefsful. Only, inftead of pouring 

 water on the place, I fallen a rope about the beaft's head, and 

 take it to a deep pool, caufing it fwim up and down, and then 

 drive it, frequently giving it an ounce, or half an ounce of 

 laudanum, according to the iize or age of the beaft, but I never 

 did cut the Ikin. I have good reafon to believe that the above 

 method has been the means of curing feveral of my owp young 

 cattle, as I never faw any that took that difeafe, and no means 

 ufed for their recovery, but died -, thofe 1 opened, had all the 

 blood colleded in the afFeded quarter. I find it more diffi- 

 cult to cure in the fore quarters than in the hinder; and if it feize 

 the bowels, I hardly think that it will cure by any means. 



The following recipe was given me latfly, as a cure for the 

 above difeafe; but as I never tried it, can fay nothing to re- 

 commend it. DiiTulve a large handful of fait in eight gills of 

 water. Loofen the fkin on che affcclcd part, as recommended 

 above. Pierce an awl or boringftob through the cartilage be- 

 tween 



