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or three hours until the disease is arrested. This 

 remedy is the appropriate specific for all the stages 

 and forms of this disease, and requires only its faith- 

 ful employment to relieve and cure even the most 

 formidable cases. 



Only in the last extremity, with labored breathing, 

 extreme bloating, and entire loss or rapid failure of 

 strength, the SPECIFIC for ULCERS, I I, may be al- 

 ternated with the FEVER SPECIFIC, A A, at intervals 

 of two hours in doses of twenty drops until the sys- 

 tem rallies, when the two medicines may be contin- 

 ued at longer intervals 



NURSING AND CARE. The cow should be placed 

 in a clean, roomy stall, so as to be allowed to rise 

 and to be attended with facility ; laid on clean, dry 

 straw, no dung allowed to remain, and be comfort- 

 ably clothed according to the season. The milk 

 should be frequently drawn off and the udder hand- 

 rubbed. She should lie with the fore part of her 

 body higher than the hinder part, or on a level, with 

 her legs under her in a natural position. She must 

 be on her side and supported by bundles of straw, 

 and on no account be allowed to lie out full 

 stretched, in which position she will become worse 

 and surely die. Small quantities of warm gruel are 

 best for food. 



Abortion or Slinking. 



The natural period of calving is two hundred and 

 eighty-five days after conception ; if it occurs before 

 this period it is termed an abortion. A cow is most 



