54 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



^e animal has azotized food. Horses and cattle wiU 



E / '^V'"^^ of growing yew, even hedges, andTot 



ln^\ ' .^^ '''^f,'' '^ '' ^">'' ^^^ appearance IS changed 

 and then they will eat it freely "^i^geu, 



Symptoms. They are affected in the brain, and vnth 

 reeling and vertigo. They usually die suddenly. 



Remedy Give to full-grown horses or cattle one 

 and a half pints of linseed Sil each ' 



Another Give a strong dose of physic, in a pint ot 

 gruel, to which add a gill of vinegar 



CHERRY LEAVES. — PEACH LEAVES. 



h.l7u^^ ''^'^' ^^'? occurred in which cattle and sheep 

 have been poisoned by eating the leaves of the wild 

 cherry; the tame cherry is equally poisonous. It has 

 been stated that cherry-leaves are free from poison until 

 the leaves have Malted, but cases have occurred in which 

 the green leaves have poisoned animals. It is said that 

 they contain Frussic acid. Peach-leaves are said to con- 

 tain Prussic acid also, and they are supposed to be poi- 

 sonous. ^ 



v^n^'T''^' ,P- ^- ^^"'^^"' ^^ ^^e "Massachusetts 

 Ploughman," recommends as a remedy a pint of New 

 England rum, mixed with a pint of molasses, and -iven 

 to each grown animal. Salt would doubtless be b?nefi. 

 aal, as it is useful in cases of poison from the bite of 

 snakes, sting of bees, &c. 



ELM BARK. 



A horse died from eating elm bark. On post mortem 

 examination, it was found that the bark had produced a 

 violent mflammation of the intestines. 



LOW LAUREL OR LAMBKILL. 



,./heep and calves will eat of low laurel, (Kalmia an^us- 

 Ufoha,) in the winter and spring. They swell a little, 

 grow stupid, and throw up greenish fluid, which runs 

 out of the mouth, discoloring the lips 



Remedy. Gag the animal, that the fluid may be 

 thrown out, and not swallowed, and give roasted onions 

 and sweetened milk. 



