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g'iven. Should not this succeed, a pound and a half of 

 castor-oil must be aduiinisteied. 



Clysters, numerous, and great in quantity, must be 

 administered. The Epsom salts and the castor-oil will 

 not do iiarm in whatever quantities they are given : it 

 will not be prudent, however, to repeat the common 

 salt. 



DIARRIICEA, OR PURGING. 



Purging is produced by change of food, from dry to 

 green meat, or from short to luxuriant pasture ; by poi- 

 sonous plants, bad water, or unknown atmospheric 

 agency. 



The farmer wmU not regard an occasional fit of purg- 

 ing ; he will only attack it if it is violent, or if it con- 

 tinues too long, by giving a mild dose of physic, in 

 order to assist nature in her elTort to get rid of some of 

 the evil. 



From half to three-quarters of a pound of Epsom salts 

 should be given with the usual quantity of ginger. The 

 next day he may probably administer a little astringent 

 medicine. The following will be effectual, and not too 

 powerful : 



RECIPE. 



Astringent Drink. — Take prepared chalk, two ounces; 

 oak bark, powdered, one ounce ; catechu, powdered, half 

 an ounce : opium, powdered, two scruples; ginger, pow- 

 dered, two drachms. Mix and give it in a quart of 

 warm gruel. 



DYSEXTERY, SLIMY FLUX. OR SCOURING ROT. 



It begins with frequent and painful efforts to expel 

 the offal, which is thip, slimy, stinking, and olive-co- 

 lored. The animal, as appears from his restless state, 

 suffers much pain, frequently lying down and soon ris- 

 ing again. There is also a frequent rumbling noise in 

 the intestines. At length, he evidently begins to get 



