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STOMACH STAGGERS. 



less severe in this country than in Europe, or else that the 

 severe treatment there practised is more injurious than the 

 disease itself. The whole cause of the disease being apparently 



in the distended condition of 

 the stomach from the presence 

 of undigested food, all food 

 should be removed from the 

 manger, and none given for 

 forty-eight hours. Give in- 

 ternally the following ball : 

 Barbadoes aloes one ounce; 

 pulverized ginger two 

 drachms ; croton oil six drops ; 

 mix with molasses, and give 

 in the usual manner. Injec- 

 tions of soap and water should 

 be given, until the bowels are opened ; or, what is far preferable 

 when convenient, tobacco-smoke injections. Two drachms of 

 the extract of belladonna dissolved in a pail of water, given to 

 drink once a day for a week, will prove beneficial. Bleeding 

 in these cases is, as a general rule, unnecessary and uncalled 

 for. Food should now be given very sparingly ; and no corn 

 should be given at any time to the animal after such an attack, 

 in consequence of its tendency to heat the blood, and produce 

 a plethoric condition of the system. 



HATINa SCENE. 



