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PfiBVENTioisf. — We have said this dreadful disease 

 may be altogether prevented, and perhaps it is more 

 desirable to be informed how, than to know how to 

 cure it. Young cattle that thrive best, are most sub- 

 ject to this complaint, and should be most watched. — 

 As soon as any one of the herd is attacked, remove 

 it and put it by itself while under the curative process; 

 in the evening bring them all into the fold yard, take 

 about two quarts of blood from each, give them the 

 drink No. 38, and next morning, turn them out in a 

 bare pasture. By this means young animals may be 

 preserved from this ravaging complaint. 



STRAINS AND BRUISES. 



Where strains and bruises are considerable, bleed- 

 ing is essential ; afterwards apply a fomentation of 

 very warm water, and an emolient ointment. In sit- 

 uation that will admit of it, an emolient poultice is to 

 be preferred. When the inflammation has subsided, 

 the following embrocation may be applied, which is 

 equally good for wounds : 



RECIPE No. 39. — Embrocation. — Sweet oil, 2 ounces; oil of 

 turpentine 1 ounce ; and liquid ammonia, 1 ounce. 



No. 40. — Digestive Ointment. — Hog's lard, 4 ounces ; tur- 

 pentine, 4 ounces ; powdered verdigris, 1 ounce- Melt the two 

 first ingredients over the lire, and while stirring it add the verdi- 

 gris ; continue to stir it after taking from the lire till the ouitmect 

 is cold. 



FOUL IN THE FOOT, LOE, or LOW. 



It proceeds either from the fulness of habit of body, 

 or redundancy of blood in the system ; from being on 

 wet grounds, or from hard driving. Neat cattle are 

 very liable to this complaint ; but cows of a gross ha- 

 bit of body suffer most from it. 



Symptoms. — It makes its appearance betwixt the 

 claws or hoofs in the form of a hard crack, attended 

 sometimes with inflammation ; in a short time, this 

 discharges a foetid and offensive matter, similar to that 

 of the grease in horses heels. At other times it makes 

 its appearance with swelling on the coronet, between 

 the hair and the hoof, and about the fetlock joint, at- 

 tended with violent pain and inflammation ; the swell- 

 i«g sometimes extending all up the le^ and the paia 



