FOG-SICKNESS, OR IIOVKX. 483 



Saltpetre, dissolved in a gill 



of gin or whisky . 1 ounce, 



Tartarized antimony . 3 drachms, 

 Milk of assafoetida . ^ pint, 



Columbo-root, ground . ^ ounce, 



Tar- water • . . 1 pint. 

 The columbo-root is gently boiled for half-an-hour in a 

 pint of water, and after being strained through a cloth, the 

 other ingredients are added to it. 



Tar-water is prepared by pouring on two tablespoons- 

 full of tar, a pint of boiling water ; and after stirring them 

 well together, permitting the mixture to cool, and then pour- 

 ing off the water. 



But by far the most certain and expeditious mode of 

 affording relief, is to have a tube constructed of wire, cylin- 

 drically twisted round a piece of cane, of about six feet in 

 length, and covered with patent Mackintosh cloth. The 

 cane is then withdrawn, and this leaves a lengthened tube ; 

 the end of which should be rather round, and covered with 

 shammy leather to prevent its injuring the animal. This, 

 which will afford a free passage for the air, is put down the 

 animal's throat until it reaches the paunch. The distance 

 from the teeth of a full-sized ox to the bottom of the 

 first stomach or paunch, is six feet, so that if the tube 

 reaches five feet six, or five feet nine inches down, it is sure 

 to have extended some inches into the stomach. 



When the tube has been passed into the stomach, it may 

 be permitted to remain a considerable time, as when it is 

 pressed to one side of the throat, it does not prevent the 

 free respiration of the animal. If the whole of the im- 

 pure air, that is, the carbonized portion of it, does not 

 escape through the tube, it may be effectually extracted ly 

 means of bellows fixed to the upper end of the tube, with 



