262 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



nature to ward off a more senous evil ; therefore, it may 

 be well to let it continue twenty-four hours before at- 

 tempting to check it. 



Remedy. When purging is brought on by a soft, 

 tathy pasture, or by too rich a pasture, a moderate 

 allowance of good hay will generally stop it. When it 

 is caused by exposure to damp, or by sudden transition 

 from heat to cold, it may be arrested by keeping the ani- 

 mal in a house a few days, and feeding on dry food. 



But when crude, trashy matter has been swallowed, 

 and it keeps up irritation, medicine must be resorted to. 

 Administer to each animal an ounce of castor-oil in 

 gruel J adding twenty drops of laudanum, if there has 

 been any straining or evidence of pain. When the bow- 

 els have been well cleaned by a cathartic, if the discharge 

 continue, it should be checked by astringents. For this 

 purpose, a decoction of raspberry leaves, or of black- 

 berry roots, may be used, or other astringent, and molli- 

 fying drinks. 



Another. After tagging them, give to each from four 

 to six table spoonfuls of rennet, prepared as for making 

 cheese. To lambs, give in proportion to their size. If 

 they are not relieved in twenty -four hours, repeat the 

 dose. One dose generally cures. 



For Scours in Youn& Lambs. Give each a tea-spoon- 

 ful of ginger and rhubarb, in warm gruel, with ten drops 

 of laudanum. 



Another for Sheep or Lambs. Give them a small 

 dose of castor-oil, and, the next day, give some milk in 

 which have been boiled a little flour and some suet. 



Another. Take soot from the chimney, and give a 

 table-spoonful to each sheep, every three or four hours 5 

 or pulverized charcoal will do as well. 



Diet has an important effect. Give flax-seed gruel, 

 wheat bran, or shorts, well cured hay, and a plenty of 

 salt. Fresh boughs of evergreen are good, in the winter 



