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The treatment I have pursued with success in such 

 cases consists of an aperient combined with a gentle 

 tonic. This may be made by mixing together Joz. of 

 Epsom salts and J drachm of ginger, to which is added 

 one tablespoonful of sheep's cordial, consisting of equal 

 parts of brandy and sweet spirits of nitre. This is to be 

 given when the evacuations are of a yellowish-white 

 appearance. When, however, they are dark green, or, 

 still worse, black, in which case the matter is more serious, 

 give an ounce of castor oil with a teaspoonful of oil of 

 turpentine. Should the diarrhoea be but slight, and the 

 creature lively, with its usual appetite, no notice need be 

 taken of it ; but when the reverse is the case, then physic 

 should be given without delay. 



Diarrhoea in full-grown goats is very common in 

 spring, especially with those that have been stall-fed all 

 the winter, and kept chiefly upon dry food. The fresh 

 spring grass in March and April is certain to cause 

 scouring unless introduced very gradually, and in very 

 small quantities at a time; >and it is often some days 

 before the bowels can be got into their normal condition 

 again. This change, in fact, should not be brought 

 about suddenly, but by degrees, it being frequently 

 necessary to clear the bowels with a dose of linseed oil. 

 For full-grown goats, if the purging be considerable, give 

 Joz. of prepared chalk, with two grains of opium, in a 

 pint of warm milk, and repeat the dose in two days if 

 the disorder continues. 



There are several remedies besides chalk for this 

 complaint ; sulphate of iron, for instance, is useful, given 

 in small quantities, especially if debility is present. 

 Baked flour is also a good thing to give in such cases, 

 with rice-water as drink. 



In dysentery the discharges are thin and slimy, being 

 frequently mixed with blood and hard lumps, and very 



