436 ON THE HUSK, OR HOOSE IN CATTLE. 



purpose of affording to the better judgment of others who 

 may have their cattle affected with the disease^ an opportunity 

 of selecting such as they think proper. 



Mr. Clater, of Retford, in his " Every Man his own Cattle 

 Doctor," says, " the hoose or cough in cows and young cattle 

 proceeds from taking cold, either after calving, or from being 

 kept in a warm hovel, and afterwards exposed to the inclemency 

 of the weather. The symptoms are, shortness of breath, 

 continual motion to cough or hoose, difficulty of breathing, 

 which seems to press hard upon the diaphragm and abdominal 

 muscles ;" and recommends the following drink : — Balsam of 

 sulphur, two ounces ; Barbadoes tar, one ounce ; two eggs ; 

 ginger, aniseed, cummin, elecampane root, grains of paradise 

 and liquorice root, each one ounce in powder; salt of tartar, half 

 an ounce ; honey, four ounces, — given in ale or gruel, with a 

 glass of brandy. 



Let this drink be given every other or third morning, for 

 three or four times. If it be at the commencement of the 

 disease one or two drinks are generally sufficient. When this 

 disease is of long standing, it is seldom removed without first 

 giving a purging drink of one pound of Epsom salts, two ounces 

 of ginger, and a quarter of a pound of treacle. 



The same author, speaking of the " hoose in calves," says — 

 *' This disease most commonly attacks young calves the first 

 year, while at grass in the summer. In some dry summers it 

 has carried off great numbers. Upon examination after death 

 the author has frequently caused the gullets to be laid open, and 

 found a bunch of worms netted or matted together. These by 

 their constant tickling motion cause the young animal to be in 

 a constant state of hoosing or coughing, by which the powers 

 of digestion are so much injured as to render the chewing of 

 the cud impracticable, and if proper measures are not applied, 

 they languish and pine away like a consumptive patient. The 

 following drink will be found effective in destroying these kind 

 of vermin : — Wormwood and savin, each, two ounces ; Indian 

 pink, half an ounce : cut and bruise them small, and put them into 

 a pitcher with a quart of boiling water ; cover them down and let 

 stand till morning ; strain them through a cloth, and add ginger 

 in powder, half an ounce ; aniseed, fresh powdered, two ounces ; 

 linseed oil, two table-spoonfuls ; mix, and give it warm. 



The calf must fast two hours before and two after the 



