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these to be given in a quart and a half of gruel, in which 

 three quarters of a pound of treacle has been boiled. The 

 animal must be kept particularly warm during the time of 

 taking the above medicine, and for at least a week after- 

 wards. 



If action is not restored to the part affected in the course 

 of ten or twelve days, amputation of the part will be indis- 

 pensable. This should be cut off at the first vertebra above 

 the paralysed part. If no blood issues from the wound, 

 another vertebra must be lopped off. To stop the bleeding, 

 the part must be wrapped in a piece of rag in which is de- 

 posited a handful of salt. 



STRAINS AND BRUISES. 



Cattle are not so liable to strains and bruises as horses ; 

 and as they are seldom necessitated to active exertion after 

 an accident has occurred to them, there is less difficulty in 

 curing them. Whether the affection is in the muscular 

 or tendinous parts, we would recommend similar treatment 

 as that employed for the horse under such circumstances. 



Fomentation should first be tried, and when the inflam- 

 mation has been subdued, the following liniment must be 

 w^ell rubbed on the part affected, two or three times daily, 

 until all the symptoms have disappeared : — 



Lintseed-oil . . 5 ounces, 



Spirit of turpentine . 1 ounce, 



Hartshorn, or liquid ammonia 1 ounce. 



When any portion of the limbs has been sprained, so as 



to occasion lameness, and has not been removed by applying 



the above liniment, it will be necessary to have recourse to 



a blister. 



For sprains or bruises of a more simple kind, the follow- 

 ing lotion will generally prove sufficiently strong : — 



