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FARMERS' R K G I S T E R 



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Let hair a pound of grossly-pulvenzfcl tormeritil 

 rod be boiled in two quarts of water, till tliis is reduced 

 to one quart ; strain it olf, add a ([uart oi rod wine, a 

 quarter of a pound of finely-powdered chalk or whit- 

 ing, and tW'O ounces of diascordium, without honey. 



This mixujre should be preserved in a hotUe 

 for cominoii use, mid well shaken to<xetiier; it will 

 he proper to niiike it lukewnrm beliire it is <iiveii. 

 The (lose is halt a pint, to be administered ihree 

 tin.es in the day, at nearly eqnidisiant periods till 

 the beasi recovers. Or, in siniilar cases, the iol- 

 lowini; |)reparalion may beijiven with equal, it'iiot 

 superior advanlaife : — 



Boil half a pound of pulverized common chalk 

 in two quarts oi water, till the latttT is diminished to 

 three pints ; then add four ounces of hartshorn shav- 

 ings, and one ounce of cnssia, stirrinfj the whole care- 

 fully. When the decoction is cold, add two drachms 

 of Thebaic tincture, or tincture of opium, and one pint 

 of lime water. 



The whole should be kept closely stopped in 

 a bottle, beinij well shaken before it is used : the 

 dose is one or ivvo hornluls, to be administered two 

 or three times in the course of the day, as the na- 

 ture ofthe case may require. But where an here- 

 ditary taint, or debility, is the immediate cause of 

 the scouring rot, as this malady is sometimes 

 termed, it will baffle all the powers ol' medi- 

 cine. 



The Pantas, Panting-evil, or Pantasie, pre- 

 vails chiefly durintj the intense heat of summer, 

 though it is sometimes occasioned by sudden 

 colds. It may be easily known by the pantins:, or 

 heavinff, of the animal's flanks, which is likewise 

 accompanied by trembling and decay offlesh. In 

 the treatmem of this disease, it will be necessary 

 to house the beast, and to give him every six 

 hours (during the continuance ofthe chilly symp- 

 toms) one quart of warm strong beer, in which one 

 table-spoonful of laudanum, a similar quantity of 

 ground or grated ginger,and two table-spoonfufs of 

 spirits of hartshorn have been previously infused. 

 His food should consist chiefly of sweet, dry hay, 

 with warm water, in which nitre may be dis- 

 solved, if a fever be approaching ; and the animal 

 should be well littered with abundance of straw. 

 As he gains strength, he should be gradually ac- 

 customed to the air, and after a short time will be 

 fully recovered. 



Poisons. — While grazing abroad, cattle are 

 subject to a variety of casualties or accidents, 

 by eating the leaves of yew, various species 

 of crowsfbol, and other acid plants, as well as by 

 bites from mad dogs, or venomous reptiles. In 

 the former case, the most effectual practice con- 

 sists in drenching the animal with a mixture 

 of equal parts of lukewarm salad-oil and vinegar, 

 afterwards giving a gentle purgative of Glauber's 

 salt, or Socotrine aloes ; and, if the viscera appear 

 p.-eternaturally distended with air, by administer- 

 ing a trepid infusion of tobacco in the form 

 of a clyster. With regard to bites of mad dogs, 

 the only certain remedy is to eradicate the lacera- 

 ted part, either by excision or by the actual cau- 

 tery, the wound being kept open for a considerable 

 time ; but in cases of bites by serpents, or vipers, 

 we know of no better remedy than the continued 

 and copious use of spirits of hartshorn, both as an 

 application to the part affected, and also internally 

 as a medicine. 



Ped Ifater, or liiiody Urine. — The name o' 

 ihis malfidy siiffi(ienil\ indicates its nature, so as 

 lo rendcf a s|'(Mific description of it unnecessarv ; 

 it may be easily discovered, in recent cases, by ihe 

 aniniaPs^ makin<r fre(iuenl but fruitless attempts to 

 discharoe urine; but when they niiike much and 

 frequeni. with a considerable' eHiision of blood, it is 

 a danireroiis symptoii). Cattle thus affected, usu- 

 ally leave the herd: ex'ending their tails, they ap- 

 parently feel [)ain in the urinary canals, and not 

 nnfrequently set their backs up liigher than com- 

 mon. 



Th<> red water chieflv attacks young beasts, and 

 is caused either hv sudden c.!ian<res()rvveaiher ; by 

 bad or coarse food; and likewise by liad or stag- 

 nant water. 



As soon as a beast is discovered to void blood, it 

 should be conducted to a warm, dr}' shelter, and 

 kept on good hav. or similar dry food. This dis-" 

 ease may arise from two very opposite causes ; the 

 one, too crreat a determination of blood to the 

 kidneys, by which some small vessels give way 

 and pour out their Mood; the other, a laxity and 

 relaxation ofthe kidtieys, which produce the same 

 effect. In the first, ihe beast is generally fat and 

 ."•ross, and there will he manifest s_\ niptoms of in- 

 flammation, for which it will be proper to bleed and 

 purge, and to restrict the animal to a low diet ; care- 

 fully avoidinir, however, the exhibition ot nitre, sg^ 

 jjetierally given in the levers of cattle, but which, 

 by determininir to the kidneys, would greatly ag-. 

 gravate Ihe complaint, and also allowing but 

 a small quantity of water. In the last, styptics are 

 necessarVi and we would, therefore, recommend a 

 sirono- decoction of Peruvian bark, flbr which 

 onk bark may be siibsiituted if necessary,) in 

 which a small qiinntiiy of alum has t)reviously 

 been dissolved. The dose may be two or three 

 hornfuls, to he o-iven twice or thrice in the day, at 

 nearly equidistant periods, accordingly as the vio- 

 lence ofthe disease mav re(]uire. 



The Staggers. — This disorder is variously 

 known by the names of the daisy, dizziness, epi- 

 lepsy, lethargy, turning or vertigo, that sufficiently 

 indicate its symptoms, the chief of which is a le- 

 thargic drowsiness, accompanied wiih a wavering, 

 unsteady, and staggerint/ gait. The seat of this 

 malady is either in the brain or in the stomach; in 

 the former case, it is usually produced by hyda- 

 tids, or small transparent bladders filled with wa- 

 ter, or by some other matters immediately acting 

 upon the brain. Where this is the cause, medi- 

 cine can afford no assistance whatever ; but we re- 

 member an instance of epilepsy which occurred 

 many years since, where this formidable disease 

 was cured by the operation of trepanning, which 

 was performed by JVl r. Cheston, an expert surgeon, 

 then residing at Gloucester, and has since been 

 practised in many cases with success. But where 

 the staggers is caused by plethora, or too much 

 fulness of blood, bleeding, and cooling purgative 

 medicines should be resorted to ; and, as it is ne- 

 cessary to confine the beast in a warm stable 

 or shelter, it will greatly contribute to promote the 

 circulation, thus necessarily stagnated lor want of 

 exercise, by rubbing him every day with dry 

 straw, and allowing him plenty of litter to promote 

 perspiration. 



In ihe mad staggers, (which disease, however, is 

 chiefly noticed n horses,) the animal throws itself 

 about with the greatest violence, and exhibits 



