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also owing to the animal accidentally swallowing some un- 

 wholesome substance in its food, which, resisting the powers 

 of mastication, remains unaltered in the stomach, and occa- 

 sions that peculiar affection called hoosing. Feathers and 

 other indigestible substances taken into the stomach pro- 

 duce this disease. The sound emitted, like shortness of 

 breath, while labouring under this complaint, is occasioned 

 by the animal making vain attempts to dislodge the in- 

 digestible substance from its stomach. 



Remedies. — With the complicated structure of the sto- 

 machs of cattle, the removal of any extraneous substance is 

 very difficult. If the substance be a hard one, should it 

 even pass into that stomach called the manyfolds, which is 

 adapted for triturating the food, it is not likely that it will 

 be expelled ; and being lodged there, would be certain to 

 produce inflammation, and lay the foundation of an incur- 

 able disease. 



Hoosing may be produced by a sudden change of air or 

 temperature, causing a glutinous phlegm to lodge in the 

 lungs, which will impede the respiration, and consequently 

 induce shortness of breath and irritation, and hoosing will 

 follow ; the animal will not be able to throw off the accumu- 

 lation of matter which will be generated in the lungs, with- 

 out a violent exertion. When such is supposed to be the 

 case, and when it is known that the animal has indulged in 

 too large a repast of clover, or other succulent herbage ; let 

 a pint of castor-oil be administered, which will generally 

 afford relief ; but if the cause be inflammation of the lungs, 

 then bleeding will be found absolutely necessary, in the first 

 instance, and two quarts may be taken ; and six hours 

 afterwards the following medicine should be repeated every 

 six hours, until the disease is subdued : — 



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