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cipient mortification of the kidneys ; and what seems to 

 favour this opinion is, that the urine has invariably a most 

 disagreeable and offensive smell, not unlike the effluvia pro- 

 ceeding from rotten cabbage, or other vegetable substances. 



Cause, — It has been observed, that cattle which feed 

 upon a poor, cold, wet soil are liable to this affection. 

 Hitherto no other cause has been given. 



Remedies. — Bleeding should first be resorted to, and two 

 to three quarts may be taken at first, and afterwards the 

 following medicine to be given 



Peruvian bark 

 Iron filings . 

 Purified nitre 

 Laudanum 



1 ounce, 

 1 ounce, 

 1^ ounce, 

 ^ ounce ; 



with two ounces of lintseed-meal dissolved in a quart Ox 

 warm water. 



This disease too frequently ends fatally. When cows 

 have this malady, bleeding must not be resorted to. 



The following recipe has generally proved effectual in re- 

 moving the complaint, and even by one application of it : — 

 Prepared kali . . 3 drachms, 



Tartarized antimony . 3 drachms. 

 Gamboge ... 1 drachm, 



Gum-foetida . . -^ ounce. 



To be given in a quart of lintseed-gruel ; and if it does not 

 remove the complaint within two days, a second dose may 

 be given. If the urine still exhibits a bloody appearance, 

 let the following mixture be given every day, until a cure is 

 effected : — 



Dried willow-bark, powdered 1 ounce, 

 Balsam of capivi . 1 ounce, 



Laudanum . . , ^ ounce, 

 Epsom salts . . 4 ounces. 



