440 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



" Bruises and sprains are most aptly treated with water, as they 

 are liable to be followed by protracted inflammation. The part 

 should be immersed in, or poured with cold water, and then kept 

 bandaged with water, often changed, till the inflammatory action 



"We did not intend to do more than to point out the simple 

 principles in the use of water, and its application to a few impor- 

 tant diseases of cattle, leaving the practitioner to enlarge upon 

 it. "We hope the day is not far distant, when this more rational 

 practice will supersede the use of drugs ; and as it has, to a large 

 extent, already done so for man, we hope that 'a merciful man, 

 will be merciful to his beast.' " 



We now commence the extracts from Mr. Lowson's treatise, 

 and, in prefacing it, will only remark, that in view of the "water 

 treatment" just concluded, a modification, to some extent, of the 

 medicinal preparations given by him may be safely recommended, 

 when treatment of the several disorders mentioned becomes 

 necessary. In this modification we particularly name "bleed- 

 ing," which he so often recommends. In human medical prac- 

 tice of years ago, that was, in the great majority of cases, one 

 of the first things done. Now, bleeding is rare ; and with better 

 effect on the disorders so once treated. So with the general use 

 of tartar emetic, and calomel. 



As in the human system of treatment, may the lower orders of 

 animal creation be managed. We now introduce Mr. Lowson: 



There are many uneducated farmers who delight in medical 

 receipts, that are mystified and incomprehensible, and the more 

 absurd they appear, the higher opinion they entertain of their 

 efficacious effects. 



Mr. John Lawrence, in his able treatise on Cattle Medicine, 

 makes the following sensible remarks: "It should be considered 

 that animals living in a state of nature, regulated by the reason 



