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former is dissolved, and give it to the beast in a luke- 

 warm state ; or, in obstinate cases, to boil half a pound 

 of powdered chalk in two quarts of water, till it is re- 

 duced to three pints ; add four ounces of hartshorn 

 shavings and of cassia, and stir the whole together. 

 When cold add a pint of hme water and two drachms 

 of the tincture of opium ; keep the whole in a corked 

 bottle, and, after shaking it before using, give one or 

 two hornsful, two or three times a day, as the nature 

 of the case may require. 



RED WATER OR BLOODY URINE. 



In this disorder the urine appears as if it were 

 mixed with blood. As the disease advances, the urine 

 becomes of a darker color, and at length resembles 

 foul coffee ; the animal loses strength rapidly, and 

 sinks under the disorder. Cattle attacked by this dis- 

 ease seldom live beyond the tenth or twelfth day, un- 

 less it is put a stop to by proper remedies. It is gen- 

 erally attended with costiveness ; and if this is not the 

 case at first, it almost always happens in the course 

 of the disorder, unless prevented by laxative medicine. 

 It is caused by weak relaxed vessels ; thin blood ; 

 cold ; change from a poor to a rich pasture ; scarcity 

 of water in a long and dry summer ; blows across the 

 loins ; some animals appear to have the disease heredi- 

 tary. 



Dr. White recommends, in the first place the follow- 

 ing mild laxative : 



Epsom salts (sulphate of magnesia) or 



common salt, 4 to 6 ounces ; 



Nitre, 1 ounce; 



Whey or thin gruel, 1 pint ; 



Oil, or melted lard (but castor oil is 

 preferable) 6 to 8 ounces ; 



Mix. 



