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Olhef remedies may be useful, and even essential to 

 renovate the system ; but it is upon copious bleeding 

 that tile life of the animal generally depends, 



RED AND BLACK WATER. 



These two complaints are but different stages of the 

 same disease; the one proceedinj^ from indigestion, 

 and the other resulting from a neglect to remove the 

 early symptoms, and terminating in inflammation of the 

 kidneys. 



The pre-disposing cause may be laid to the account 

 of bad hay or other indifferent food, upon which the 

 animal has been kept, perhr^ps, during winter, and 

 which contained more fibre than nourishment. 



These fibrous particles accumulate in the third sto- 

 mach, and thereby depress and weaken the digestive 

 system : sometimes they form into cakes of matted 

 fibre, and altogether prevent the action of the third 

 stomach. While in this state, the animal feeds greedi- 

 ly, particularly on grass lands, and drinks freelyj hence 

 it is that blood is quickly formed ; and the action of 

 the stomach being impeded, the kidneys are oppress- 

 ed by an unusual suffusion of blood; the consequence 

 is, that blood passes off with the urine, sometimes so 

 copiously, that the animal bleeds to death. In a cow 

 the milk is soon reduced in quantity, and as the dis- 

 order advances, becomes discolored ; the beast is fre- 

 quently so weak, as to be unable to rise when down. 



Symptoms. — They have been very generally de- 

 scribed in the above statemerrt ; in addition, we may 

 observe, that the excrement is sometimes discharged 

 with considerable force, but a small stream, watery, 

 and mixed with hard nobs, forced from the matter ac- 

 cumulated in the fourth stomach ; sometimes they 

 stop up the passage of the fundament ; and then the 

 finger must be introduced to remove the clots, or a 

 clyster thrown up. 



Cure. — A saline laxative medicine is most proper in 

 this disease, to open the bowels ; recipe No. 5, or ei- 

 ther of the following, will answer the same purpose: 



RECIPE No. 22. — Aloes, 6 drachms ; glauber's salts, 6 ounces; 

 calomel, 1 ounce and a half; carraways, powdered, 1 ounce; water 

 1 pint. Mix, and give it milk warm. Or, 



Ko. 33. — Epeom salts, C or 8 ounces; water, on» pint; Mittor 



