DIARRH(EA, OR LOOSENESS. 507 



Causes. — Diarrhoea is induced bj a variety of causes ; 

 the most frequent, however, is when cattle are either turned 

 out from a straw-yard or poor pasture to a luxuriant field of 

 grass — which is always preferred by cattle — where they 

 gorge themselves to such an extent, that thej bring on fag- 

 sickness, and inflammation, as well as this complaint 



Remedies. — If the malady is taken at first, it has been 

 found that putting the animal into a house, and feeding it 

 upon dry fodder or grain will efiect a cure. But should it 

 not do so, it will be necessary to have recourse to bleeding 

 the animal to the extent of two or three quarts ; and its 

 food should consist of malt-mashes, lintseed-tea, or gruel 

 made of flour or oatmeal. If the scouring is attended with 

 pain, a quarter of an ounce of laudanum may be given in 

 the food, or in a drink of a pint of gruel. 



In cases where the discharge is very great, bleeding must 

 not be attempted ; but half a-pint of castor-oil may be given 

 in a drink. If in five or six hours there is no abatement 

 of the disease, let the following medicine be given every six 

 hours, until the scouring is less violent, and the dung re- 

 sumes its natural colour : 



Peruvian bark, powdered ^ ounce, 



Camphor, finely powdered 1 scruple, 

 Prepared chalk . . 1^ ounce, 



Laudanum . . . ^ ounce ; 

 to 1)0 administered in a quart of gruel, made of flour. 



In diarrhoea, it is not the object of the veterinarian to 

 stop the disease suddenly ; and he that knows his profession 

 will not prescribe strong astringents, and these in large 

 doses, as this mode of treatment may produce worse effects 

 than the disease itself. 



If the discharge becomes intermittent, and tlie dung occa- 

 sionally hard and difliicult to pass, then it will be necessary 



