•158 JLGRIC\?LTURAL ESSA'Y^. 



quart of warm strong beer in which a table spoonful of lauda- 

 nura,another of ground ginger,and two of the spirits of hartshorn 

 have been infused. The beast should be fed on sweet hay 

 and well littered. Its drink should be warm water with a lit- 

 tle nitre dissolved in it, if there be symptoms of fever. As it 

 gains strength, let it out in the middle of the day, until such 

 time as it has fully recovered. 



Inflamation or the liver. — Indicated by fever, difficult 

 breathing, and swelling near the shorter ribs, and in cows a re- 

 markable distemper about the womb. Cattle afflicted with 

 this disorder will never fatten. It is said to be hereditary 

 sometimes in certain breeds ; in which case it is incurable. 

 Remedy. House the beast, bleed it profusely, and give it the 

 following medicine in a tepid state, to wit, salt petre and glau- 

 ber salts of eacli two ounces ; Venice treacle, mithridate and 

 white ginger pulverized, of each one.ounce ; let them be boil- 

 ed in three pints of water, in which maybe gradually #.dded, 

 one gill of oil of sweet almonds, the whole being stirred to- 

 gether. This is sufficient for: one dose, which should be re- 

 peated the succeeding day. Warm messes of bran should be 

 the principal diet of the beast till it has recovered. 



Inflamation of the lungs: indicated by shortness of 

 4)reath and a painful cough. The animal looks dull ; the skin 

 is hot and harsh; and a copious discharge of thick ropy 

 phlegm issues from its moutb. Remedy. — House the beast, 

 bleed it plentifully, and give it a dose composed of the flower 

 of sulphur, balsam of sulphur, syrup of colts foot, and oil of 

 ,sweet almonds ; of each one ounce, blended together. If the 

 above treatment produces no visible alteration in eighteen 

 hours, repeat it. Probably any other purge would answer as 

 well as the above. Let the beast be kept comfortable, and 

 have some exercise every day till it recovers. 



The locked jaw is saia to be similar to that in the hu- 

 man frafne, caused by similar moans, and requires a similar 

 treatment. If the beast be hardy, opiate frictions, and dash- 

 ing on of cold water, is recommended. If it be of slender con- 

 stitution, opiate frictons, and warm fomentations of the part 

 afflicted is directed. As the beast cannot swallow, let gruel 

 be poured down its throat with a horn, till the dib^^der is re- 

 iBQved., 



