204 A HUNTING CATECHISM 



The Veterinarian published a few years ago 

 the following treatment, which had been proved 

 successful for cattle, and the same method should 

 prove also suitable for horses : — 



Yew Poisoning. 



If necessary the dose may be. repeated, without the aloes 

 and opium, every three or four hours. 



The symptoms of a common cold are only too 

 well known, but they usually yield to simple 

 treatment. Do not give drastic purgatives, or 

 strong sedatives, but rather saline draughts ; and 

 as soon as thick discharge commences to flow 

 from the nostrils, vegetable tonics may be given ; 

 and later sulphate of iron will assist recovery. 



Belladonna has a great effect, and ten drops of 

 the Vet. Homeopathic Tincture, twice a day, is 

 excellent. If the glands are swollen behind the 

 jaws, or under them, mustard may be rubbed 

 over them, and washed off in ten minutes ; or 

 the following liniment may be applied : — 



The food should consist of bran-mashes with 

 linseed gruel, and water with the chill off ; and 

 when recovering " boiled oats," turnips, carrots, 

 and green food if obtainable. " Boiled oats " are 

 made by mixing up the bran and oats together in 



