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Causes. — Exposure to cold and long-continued rain, es- 

 pecially if the animal has been previously over heated and 

 over driven ; also drinking cold water when warm. Want 

 of a nutritive diet, in milch-cows frequently induces this 

 disease, which is one of the most difficult to cure. 



Remedies. — A great variety of prescriptions have been 

 given for the cure of this complaint, and some have been 

 found very efficacious in some cases, which have no eifect 

 whatever in others. One of the points to be chiefly at- 

 tended to, is to take the affected animal home to the straw- 

 yard or shed, and subject it to dry feeding, which in some 

 cases effects a cure without medical treatment. The follow- 

 ing prescription has been found of much utility ; it is one of 

 Mr. Blaine's : — 



Ipecacuanha ... 1 ounce, 



Nux-vomica . . 1-g- drachm, 



Galls, finely powdered . ^ ounce. 



Alum ... 2 drachms, 



White vitrol . 20 grains ; 



to be well incorporated in a quart of boiling water. The 

 following recipe has been highly recommended : — 



Alum ... "I ounce. 



Kino .... 2 drachms. 



Ginger, powdered . 1 drachm, 



Castile soap, moistened in 



water , . 2 drachms. 



Powdered oak-bark . -^ ounce ; 



to be made into a ball, with a sufficient quantity of treacle. 

 When scouring has continued long, considerable irritation 

 in the membrane which lines the intestines, and loss of its 

 mucus must be the consequence. To mitigate this, mucila- 

 ginous drinks should be freely given. For this purpose, let a 



