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Treatment. First, back-rake in a thorough manner ; 

 then give exciting clysters, to clear out the intestines 

 and stimulate the bowels to action ; and as the third 

 stomach, in this disease, is choked up with dry food, 

 wash this out, so as to open a passage through to the 

 fourth stomach, by giving warm water or thin gruel, 

 and if the beast will not drink it, turn down several 

 quarts. 



Then sweat, if necessary from the severity of the case, 

 and administer a dose of physic, and repeat half doses 

 every five or six hours, till an operation is produced. 

 See that there is a thorough purging, by which large 

 quantities of faeces are removed from the bowels, else 

 there has been only a partial operation, and hardened 

 matter still obstructs the passages. After the physic has 

 operated well, feed lightly, at first on mashes and 

 green food, gradually changing to common diet, and the 

 usual quantity. 



Sometimes inflammation of the bowels occurs -without 

 costiveness, and the symptoms are the same, excepting 

 those that result from costiveness. In this case, large 

 quantities of raspberry tea, which is excellent for the 

 reduction of inflanlmation, internal or external, will gen- 

 erally afford relief J or give other astringent or sedative 

 teas. 



VOMITING. 



This evil is rare, but when it does happen, it is fre 

 quently serious. An ox, that vomited for fifteen days, 

 throwing up his food and drink soon after taken, became 

 much reduced, but was cured as follows : — An infusion 

 of mint was given, with an ounce of camphor, suspended 

 in a sufficient quantity of vinegar, added to every two 

 bottles of infusion. This remained on the stomach. In 

 three hours after, a very little hay was given, which was 

 retained. He drank some water, whitened with rye 

 meal, and he soon began to ruminate. The owner now 

 indiscreetly fed too largely, and the disorder returned, 

 but was again checked by the infusion. He soon re 

 covered. 



