434 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



1850, from which our own medical treatment of cattle has been 

 practiced for the last fifteen years, with success. It is, in the 

 main, simple, sensible, and unpretending; and as such, we are 

 content to lay it before our readers, so far as its observations 

 extend. 



Preliminary to the extracts from Mr. Lowson's work, we give 

 a short paper prepared for us by an experienced farmer, of close 

 observation, on "Water Remedies; and if he appears somewhat 

 enthusiastic in his modes of treatment, the reason may be found 

 in the fact that in his farm practice of some fifteen years past, 

 with a considerable stock of cattle on hand, he has never lost a 

 single one by diseases of any kind, and in all cases which have 

 occurred with him, he has applied his water remedy with com- 

 plete success. 



WATER TREATMENT FOR DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



"As bleeding, blistering, and all violent remedies for the 

 human subject goes gradually out of date, so the milder treat- 

 ment, and greater trust in nature, ought to be applied even to 

 our animals. But still, all the treatises yet extant, for the 

 guidance of the herdsman, after describing the disease, turn only 

 to the medical vocabulary for relief; and the poor animal must be 

 bled, purged, cauterized and irritated, instead of being soothed, 

 quieted, assisted. 



"In garget, or swollen udder, for instance, bleeding, or a pur- 

 gative is first recommended. Let us examine the case. The 

 udder has become inflamed, probably, the teats swollen, the milk 

 coagulated, with more or less fever. Now, the prescription 

 says, 'bleed, purge with epsom salts, ginger, nitrate of potassa, 

 molasses,' &c. The operation of this purgative is, to irritate the 

 stomach, alimentary canal and intestines, and by sympathy other 

 parts of the system, of necessity increasing, at first, the fever 

 and irritation, which it is intended to allay. All purgative medi- 



