512 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



Laudanum . . 2 drachms, 



Ground ginger . . 3 drachms, 

 Catechu, or terra japonica ^ ounce, 

 Fine patent starch . 4 ounces ; 

 the whole to be diluted in two quarts of warm water, and 

 given as a drink. 



If tlie animal has received benefit from the above, and a 

 progressive improvement becomes apparent, the animal 

 should be allowed green pasturage for a few hours daily ; 

 but the situation must not be low or damp, otherwise a 

 relapse will be the consequence, which will very likely 

 prove fatal. Cows that are constantly milked and poorly 

 fed are frequently attacked with scouring-rot. The reme- 

 dies which we have above pointed out, will be also appli- 

 cable to this case. But, while medicine is administered, 

 drenches of oatmeal and flour, mixed, should be given at 

 the same time, but not in great quantities at once, as too 

 sudden changes would be injurious to the animal. After 

 he is able to take a greater portion of food with safety, 

 bean and pea-meal, mixed, should be given as a drench, 

 which contains a greater portion of nutriment than any 

 other vegetable substance. Bran-mashes may be given as a 

 change from the above, until the animal is sufficiently re- 

 covered to be turned out entirely. 



FARDEL-BOUND, OP. EXCESSIVE COSTIVENESS. 



Symptoms. — This disease manifests itself by extraordinary 

 costiveness, and alternating with looseness at intervals ; 

 the faeces consisting of a profuse slimy discharge, with por- 

 tions of hard dung in the form of balls, of different dimen- 

 sions. Sometimes the complaint is accompanied by consi- 

 derable swelling of the body, terminating in inflamma- 

 tion^- which is manifested by a short heaving of the flanks, 



