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from which, and also from the nostrils, a reddish fluid 

 flows; these swellings interfere somewhat with breathing 

 and swallowing; heart weak and fluttering; pulse small 

 and double. 



Remedy.— Nutritious, digestible food. Stimulants. 



Drafts : 1. Quinetum (mixed alkaloids from cinchona 

 bark), 1 dram, tincture perchloride iron, 1 fluid oz., oil 

 turpentine, i fluid oz., water in proportion, twice daily. 

 2. Powdered gentian, 1 oz., powdered ginger, i oz., car- 

 bonate ammonium, \ oz., carbonate iron, 2 drams* in 

 pint warm water, gruel, or ale, twice daily. 



POISONS. 



Among the poisonous plants and minerals common to 

 cattle are the following : 



Meadow Saffron or Autumn Crocus. Give mucilage of 

 linseed with 2 ounces spirit ammonia and 4 ounces brandy 

 every 4 hours. 



Aconite. Give 2 ounces spirit ammonia with 4 ounces 

 of brandy in gruel every 2 hours, repeated as often as 

 necessary. 



Yew. Give 4 ounces spirit of ammonia with 8 ounces 

 brandy in quart of mucilage linseed, repeated in 1 hour, 

 and at intervals of 2, 3, or 4 hours . if necessary. Purge 

 with 8 to 10 drams of aloes, followed by a quart of lin- 

 seed oil after the first draft. Mustard to belly. Open 

 paunch and remove foliage if necessary. 



Woody Nightshade. Treat as for yew. It is often 

 fatal. 



Ergot is caused by the growth of a fungoid parasite 

 which infests most of the grasses and cereals. It is most 

 common in damp situations. Cut the grass when in full 

 bloom, and thus prevent the formation of ergot. Tannin 

 and stimulants are antidotes for ergot. 



Arsenic. Copious quantities of linseed mucilage and 

 gruel. Hydrated peroxide of iron, 1 ounce every hour 



