HORNED CATTLE. 63 I 



pound. A pint of the decoftion of the herbs, 

 fweetened every two hours. Keep the cow 

 warm with proper covering. Back-rake, if 

 needful. , Place her with the fore-parts elevated. 

 Thick gruel or milk-pottage. Conftant atten- 

 dance night and day. 



Inward bruises, from extracting 

 THE Calf. Spermaceti, and IriOi (late, two 

 ounces each ; Gaftile foap, and diapente, one 

 ounce each ; in a quart of warm ale, daily. 

 Or, the fame made into balls with Venice tur- 

 pentine. Warm water and maflies. 



Want of Milk. The drink and treat- 

 ment recommended in colds. Or, fennel, ani- 

 feeds, and grains of paradife, two or three 

 ounces, in warm ale, fweetened with Spanifi* 

 juice ; repeat. 



Veterinary Obstetrics. Thedifciples 

 of Mauriceau, Bracken, Smellie, and Denman, 

 need not be at a lofs here to dire6l the opera- 

 tions of the leach or hind ; analogy is a fuffi- 

 cient guide. Cows, particularly the Northern 

 fliort-horned fpecies, often need the aififtance 

 of the accoucheur. The natural prelentation 

 of the calf, is with its head and fore-feet, the 

 nofe between the feet, and the back upwards. 

 Downing enumerates feven preternatural por- 

 tions : namely, ift. Reverfe prefentation, or 

 tail firft. 2d. Fore-feet, no head appearing. 

 3d. Sidewife, belly upwards, head reverfed 



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