842 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



coat stares ; the pulse is rapid and rather hard ; the appetite fails, and 

 rumination ceases ; the urine is scanty and high colored, the bowels very 

 likely being constipated. All these symptoms will be aggravated, should 

 the fever run very high and the inflammation tend decidedly to run 

 down the air passages. 



What to do. — Remove the cause, by putting the animal in a comforta- 

 ble, dry place. Give a pint of melted lard, if the bowels are constipated ; 



No. 17. 1 Pint infusion of quassia, 



1 Ounce laudanum. 

 y^ Ounce sulphuric ether, 



1 Pint thin gruel, cold, 

 Mix, 



Give with a bottle as one dose; repeat it after six or eight hours, if 



necessary. But begin on a fever mixture, as follows : 



No. 18. 3 Ounces spirits of nitre, 



2 Drachms tincture aconite root, 



^ Ounce fluid extract of belladonna, 

 2 Ounces nitrate of potash, 

 2 Ounces muriate of ammonia. 

 Water to make one quart, 

 Mix. 



Give half a teaspoonful every two or three hours till better. Rub 

 mustard paste well in to the throat and over the forehead between the 



eyes. If the breathing is interfered with, 

 steam the head in a nose-bag, or with a 

 hose from the snout of a kettle, or over 

 a tub with a blanket thrown over the 

 head to confine the steam, the object 

 l)eing to soften the discharge and make 

 it run off. This may be repeated sev- 

 eral times a day if necessary, taking care, 

 in using the steam jet, to avoid scalding 

 or suffocation. Let the animal have all 

 the water he desires, placing it before 

 him, so that he may help himself. Feed 



NOSE-BAG FOR STEAMING. ^"^ s"^<^' ^^^PPJ ^^od. When the fcvcr is 



broken, the appetite being good, give the 

 following recipe in the food : 



No. 19. 2 Dractmis niti-ate of potash, 



2 Drachms gentian root, powdered, 

 1 Drachm ginger, 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, repeating it morning and night for about a week 



