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pound of lintseed-meal be boiled to a jelly in two gallons of 

 water, and add to it an ounce of nitre. This will be suffi- 

 cient to form six draughts, of a pint and a half each, to be 

 diluted in half-a-gallon of warm water. Some practitioners 

 recommend a quarter of a pound of starch to be added to 

 the above quantity of lintseed. Gruel made of milk and 

 flour may be given with advantage ; and if the dung as- 

 sumes a dark colour with a disagreeable odour, then about a 

 gill and a half of castor-oil must be administered, and this 

 may be assisted by clysters of gruel, butter, and laudanum. 

 When the disease becomes inveterate, some veterinarians 

 have recommended strong tonics, which, in many instances 

 have proved effectual. The following recipe will frequently 

 prevail in bad cases : — 



Prepared chalk . . -^ pound. 



Ground cassia . . 1^ ounce, 



Ground ginger . . -^ ounce. 



Hartshorn ... 1 ounce ; 



to be made into four balls, and given every four or five hours. 

 Should all the above remedies prove ineffectual, the dis- 

 ease may then be treated as an affection of the liver, and 

 the following ball administered . — 



Blue mercurial pill . 3 drachms, 

 India rhubarb . . 3 drachms, 



Castor-oil . . 3 ounces, 



Oatmeal ... 4 ounces ; 

 which should be repeated for three or four days in succes- 

 sion. This may, however, produce sickness and gripes, ac- 

 companied with increased scouring ; and in that event it 

 will be necessary to administer astringents, and warm gruel 

 should form the chief drink of the animal while he is 

 under the above treatment. Let the following be given : — • 



