8b cattle doctor. 



affection it will be proper to add from te ».r twi ly 

 drops of the croton oil to the first draught, -arid even »\'0 

 drachms of carbonate of ammonia and ten grains of 

 cantharides have been conjoined with advantage. It 

 is of importance to administer the draught slowly and 

 carefully ; and when the cow is any way unconscious, 

 it will be belter to give it by nieans of Read's syringe, 

 putting the tube half-way down the neck, so as to pre- 

 vent any of the medicine getting into ihe windpipe, 

 where it has been known to produce fatal inflamma- 

 tion. 



It will be a very bad symptom if she begins to swell, 

 and there are frequent belchings of very foetid gas. 



The following ball should then be given, still contin- 

 uing the purgative medicine if necessary : 



RECIPE. 



Cordial Drink. — Take caraway powder, one ounce; 

 gentian, powdered, half an ounce ; ginger, powdered, 

 half an ounce ; essence of peppermint, twenty drops. 



Half the quantity of the above ingredients should also 

 be given morning and night as a drink, in a pint of 

 warm ale, and the same quantity of thin gruel. 



MURRAIN, OR PESTILENTIAL FEVERi 



Symptoihs. — The animal is found with its head ex- 

 tended, that its laborious breathing might be accom- 

 plished with less dread of sufTocation ; there is consider 

 able diflicuky in swallowing ; enlargement of the glands 

 under the ear, and frequently swelling of the whole of 

 the head ; uneasiness about llje head ; seemingly itchi- 

 ness about the ears ; dulness ; frequent but not violent 

 heaving. To these succeed staggering and great de- 

 bility, until the animal falls, and is afterwards either 

 unable to stand long at a time, or to stand at all. A 

 constant discharge of green bilious stinking faeces now 

 appears ; the breath is likewise oflt^isivc ; the very per- 



