864 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



learmly. To insure the action of the purgative, give every two hours S"- 

 stimulating dose composed as follows : 



No. 27. 1 Ounce liquor ammonia, 



1 Quart warm ale, 

 }4. Ounce essence of ginger, 

 Mix. 



It is not safe to repeat the cathartic, nor would it be of any use ; for if 

 it remains inoperative, in spite of the stimulants, double the dose would 

 not be more likely to effect a passage, but in the persistence to accomplish 

 this end a quart of melted lard may be given night and morning, oftentimes 

 with satisfactory results. During convalesence give recipe No. 7 or No. 20. 



When a passage is despaired of, and as a last resort, tepid water ii.ay 

 be injected into the jugular vein, or galvanism applied to the region of the 

 stomach ; but the case is well-nigh hopeless. 



V. Dyspepsia. 



The lower animals are not supposed by the great majority of people 

 ever to be troubled with dyspepsia, but they are, nevertheless. All the 

 domestic animals are liable to suffer from chronic indi<restion from irregu- 

 lar or improper feeding, especially if to this is added exposure to the 

 cold storms and winds of the straw yard, without housing, etc. 



How to know it. — A capricious appetite is noticed. Dainty at first, 

 the animal may shortly be seen licking walls, dirt, or lime, and chewing 

 sticks, etc. ; he is inclined to eat the bedding, or take up coal, stones, 

 etc., to chew, showing a depraved appetite for something he has not 

 got. After a while, there will be a staring coat, eruptions, belchings 

 from the stomach, and emission of gas from the rectum ; the manure is 

 small m quantity, dry and glazed ; the llanks drop in, except when dis- 

 tended with gas ; the skin and hair feel dry and coarse ; and there is a 

 rapid loss of flesh. It is not often a very serious condition in itself, but 

 it weakens the animal and lowers the tone of the vital functions, so that 

 he is unable to resist other diseases ; and it especially predisposes to 

 attacks of tympanitis, constipation or diarrhcea, tuberculosis, cancerous 

 ulcers, and purpura hsemorrhagica. 



What to do. — Give phosphate of lime in the form of ground bones, and 

 a little lime water — about half a teacupful — morning and night in a bran 

 mash, or Ihe following recipe : 



No. 28. 3 Drachms bi-carbonate of soda, 



2 Drachms gentian, 

 2 Drachms gingex-. 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, repeating it morning and night. Give a complete 

 •hange of food, including some green ^rass, roots, eto. 



