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covered with mucus. The urine voided with pain, pulse 

 quick, and flanks heave. It is distinguished from colic 

 by the fever, dry muzzle, and hot mouth. The attack is 

 sudden; attended sometimes by trembling, deafness, and 

 insensibility to the voice or the whip. 



TREATMENT. Bleed six or eight quarts ; then give the 

 strongest purges. If the croton nut can be had, make the 

 following physic : 



Epsom salts, half a pound. 



Croton nut, ten grains.* 



Rub the nut down to a fine powder, and give it in a 

 half a pint of warm gruel, and immediately afterward the 

 salts in gruel. 



It may be necessary to repeat the bleeding and purging. 

 Castor oil may be given in large quantities for a purge. 



LICE ON CATTLE. 



Some prefer an ointment, others a wash : we give both 

 to the reader. 



OINTMENT FOR LICE. 



Lard, seven ounces. 



Mercurial ointment, one ounce. 



Mix together, and rub wherever the lice are. 



WASH FOR LICE. 



Corrosive sublimate, two drachms. 



Rub it down in alcohol, two ounces. 



Water, one pint. 



Feed the beast well. 



It is said, on good authority, that dirt or fine sand sifted 

 into the hair, will entirely destroy vermin on cattle. It 

 may be well to try it. 



* If the Croton nut cannot be had, use Urge quantities of Cwtor oil. 



