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or laxative purges, as, drastic purgatives, such 

 as aloes or jalap, sometimes concentrate the 

 inflammation on the narrow parts of the diges- 

 tive channels. 



In this second stage the period of initia- 

 tion the appetite is generally gone, the thirst 

 excessive; so that nutritive or solid feeding 

 must of course be suppressed. 



As for the drinks, they must be cold, con- 

 sisting of water with sufficient flour mixed in 

 it to whiten it, and a little vinegar or sulphuric 

 acid, to acidulate it. A decoction of good hay 

 with some marine salt, or nitrate of potash ; a 

 decoction of pellitory or wall- wort, of ground- 

 ivy, or whey, or buttermilk, likewise acidulated, 

 and which the cattle are very partial to, will 

 in every way be suitable for their use. If the 

 heat of the skin diminishes, and if congestion 

 appears to settle on the lungs, the drinks must 

 be given warm, consisting of a decoction of 

 borage leaves, mallows, marsh-mallow, and pel- 

 litory. In these cases, the body must be pro- 

 tected from chills by overlaying it with 

 blankets, so as to keep the mass of the blood 

 as much as possible on the surface, and check 

 the tendency it has to load the internal organs. 



