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drink ; to which add one quart, instead of one pint, of 

 sound ale ; half an ounce of laudanum, and six ounces of 

 the liquor ammonia acetatis, and give the whole as a 

 drink. Let there be no hay or straw near or under the 

 animal : notwithstanding her weak state and desire to feed, 

 she must lie even upon the bare stones. Were there any 

 substance she could attempt to eat at hand, she would 

 seize it perhaps with avidity ; masticate it with eagerness ; 

 but in her attempt to swallow it, her strength would sud- 

 denly fail ; the morsel would probably stick in the gullet, 

 produce hoven, occasion confusion, frighten the cow, and 

 do all the injury we are careful to avoid. She may be 

 anxious to get loose, but keep her tied up ; her efforts to 

 free herself will soon subside. Should she become hoven 

 in this disorder, you must pass the probang ; and down the 

 tube, when it has entered the stomach, pour a dose of 

 chlorate of potash, dissolved in water (see Hoven). If the 

 foetor prove offensive, give a scruple of the chloride of 

 zinc, dissolved in a pint of water, which may be repeated 

 as often as it is required. Double the quantity may also 

 be mixed with some flour and water, to be used as injec- 

 tions, if any stinking diarrhoea accompany the later stage ; 

 and cloths, saturated with the solution of the chloride of 

 zinc, should be hung about in various parts of the house. 

 The same liquid may be of service to sprinkle any part of 

 the cow's body upon which any soil may have fallen, the 

 dirt being first cleanly washed off. 



The return of the cough. The re-appearance of pain, as 

 denoting a return to consciousness ; the revival of the 

 pulse ; in short, the restoration of the symptoms of the 

 third stage, though in a softened form, will denote amend- 

 ment. After this, every thing will depend upon the farmer 

 himself. For a short period the last drink, with the addi- 

 tion of half an ounce of extract of gentian, must be con- 

 tinued, and then mineral tonics gradually substituted. 

 Nothing must be done suddenly ; nor if the symptoms that 

 have been recorded are properly observed, will any violent 

 change be necessary, however much so these directions, 

 compressed for the sake of brevity, may seem to direct. 

 Of the mineral tonics, the sulphate of iron in two drachm 

 doses is the best. It may be dissolved in water, with 



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