NEAT CATTLE. 199 



Symptoms. Diilness, langor, loss of appetite, wan- 

 dering about, dejection, reduction of milk, (in cows,) 

 dryness and hardness of the skin, staring of the coat, 

 yellowness of the eyes, mouth and urine. 



Treatment. If the bowels are constipated, physic 

 thoroughly, and continue partial doses of physic ; give 

 also loosening food, such as bran mashes, potatoes, car- 

 rots, and green herbage ; or, if in winter, good clover 

 hay. This treatment will prepare the system for as- 

 tringents, which are the main curatives in this disea,se ; 

 stomachics are necessary to arouse to action and give 

 proper tone to the digestive organs ; and by giving 

 gentle purgatives, or partial doses, and laxative food, 

 astringents may be given without producing costive- 

 ness. 



The following astringents are good to remove the dis- 

 ease : A decoction or cold infusion of yellow birch, black 

 cherry, or barberry bark, or all mixed together. Give 

 at the same time some warming medicine, such as gin- 

 ger, caraway seeds, a small quantity of Cayenne pepper, 

 pennyroyal, or other warm aromatic herb tea. Rasp- 

 berry tea is good as a mild, moderate tonic and anodyne. 



The following tonic is excellent: Powdered gentian 

 root, half an ounce ; powdered ginger, one drachm ; 

 Epsom salts, two ounces ; mix in a pint of gruel, and 

 give half in the morning and half at night. [See page 

 117.] 



WOUNDS. 



Very aggravated wounds in cattle are frequently cured 

 with the yolk of an egg mixed with spirits of turpentine. 

 Bathe the parts affected with the mixture. 



Another RexVedy. Steep Life of Man root in chamber 

 lye ; boil it down one half, and bathe the wound several 

 times a, day with it. It is said to be very effectual. 

 [Sec pages 51 and 56.] 

 17 



