42 THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF 



As the reader could not be benefited by our detailing the 

 system of medication pursued in England, — at least we should 

 judge not, when we take into consideration the great loss that 

 attends their best efforts, — we shall therefore proceed to inform 

 the reader how the disease should be treated in this country. 



If a "sound and healthy tone of the physical powers of neat 

 stock," is the best preventive against this formidable malady, it 

 follows, that a course of medication and management, calcu- 

 lated to restore the lost healthy tone, is the most rational. In 

 the first place, the patient should be removed from its asso- 

 ciates, into a loose barn or shed ; the diet must be light and 

 nutritious ; should, however, the animal be plethoric, the at- 

 tendant would of course dip a lighter hand into the meal-bag. 

 The general indications of cure are as follows : Restore the 

 suppressed evacuations, secretions, and excretions ; provided 

 either are interrupted, and relieve all urgent symptoms. 



In view of fulfilling the above indications the following 

 recipe is submitted : — 



Glycerine, 1 ounce. 



Iodide of Potassium, 5 drachms. 



Tincture of Lobelia, 1 ounce. 



Podophyllum, 1 drachm. 



Water, 6 ounces. 



Mix, and give one-sixth of this quantity morning and eve- 

 ning. Should peristaltic action of the intestines appear to be 

 tardy or inefficient, a relaxing and stimulating enema may be 

 administered in the following proportions : — 



Pulverized Lobelia seeds, 1 ounce. 



Pulverixed Ginger, 4 drachms. 



Hot Water, 2 quarts. 



Mix, and inject. 



It is a woeful error to resort to blood-letting in this malady, 

 for in the first place all epizootic diseases are of a very pros- 

 trating character, and in a brief space of time generally com- 

 mit the most fearful ravages, so that all the blood in the econ- 

 omy is needed ; some of it goes to repair the mischief occurring 

 in the organs of respiration and elsewhere ; and another quan- 

 tum is needed to carry on the vital operations; in fact there 



