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No. 3. 



Powdered gentian, - - 1 ounce. 

 Cascarilla bark, _ _ 2 drachms. 



Warm ale, - _ _ l pint. 



Mix. 



An infusion of camomile flowers and ginger is 

 also a good stomachic in such cases ; and it might 

 be made still better, perhaps, by infusing the ingre- 

 dients in hot ale instead of water. 



When cattle have suffered a severe attack of this 

 disease, the stomach is generally weakened by it ; 

 great care, therefore, is necessary, in order to pre- 

 vent a return. For several days after, they should 

 be fed rather sparingly, or not allowed to eat much 

 at one time ; and every morning and evening, for 

 three or four days, may take one of the above 

 drenches. 



26. Choaking. 



Cattle may have a difficulty of swallowing from 

 various causes ; either from an imusual narrovvness 

 in the gullet or from the morsel attempted to be 

 swallowed being too large. The latter very fre- 

 quently happens to cattle who are fed upon turnips 

 or potatoes ; and the clioaking thus produced some- 

 times proves very dangerous, as, if the obstruction 

 is not speedily removed, the animal will die for 

 want of breath. The method commonly employed 

 among country farmers for iitichoaking cattle, as 

 they term it, is to thrust down the throat a large 

 stiff rope, ravelled at the end, and well greased. 

 This often succeeds, but it is a clumsy method ; and 

 if the rope, by having been long used, or becoming 

 dry, should lose its stiffness, it will be bent in en- 

 deavouring to force down the obstruction ; or, if the 

 ravelled end be not pretty large, or the obstructing 

 morsel of an u-regular shape, the rope may pass be- 



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