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smelling scouring. In cows, the secretion of milk is lessened ; 

 and in the pasture they wander off by themselves in a de- 

 jected manner. 



Treatment. — This should begin by changing the animal's 

 food and surroundings. If it is a stall-fed steer, he should 

 be turned into the yard or field, given plain sweet hay or 

 bran mashes, with plenty of water. If it is a milk cow on 

 a rich pasture, she should be stabled in a roomy stall and 

 fed on light slops, her coat well rubbed and curried, and 

 milked only moderately. 



For medicines, a moderate warm laxative is in order, as : — 



No. 335. Powdered aloes, 



Powdered ginger, each, ^ oz. 



Castile soap (scraped fine), 



Peruvian bark (powdered), each 1 oz. 



Mix in a pint of warm water for a drench. 



This may be repeated once every three or four days. 



Another excellent combination is to use small doses of 



turpentine and salts, as : — 



No. 336. Sulphate of magnesia, 



Common salt, each J lb. 



Oil of turpentine, 1 to 2 oz. 



Slippery elm mucilage, 1 quart. 



Give every day or every other day for a week or two. 



The followlno; also will be found efficient in slow cases. It 



is a modification of a formula of Prof. Law : — 



No. 337. Podophyllin, ^ 20 grains. 



Powdered nux vomica, 1 drachm. 

 Sulphate of magnesia, 



Powdered gentian, each 1 oz. 



Mix in a quart of gruel or linseed tea for a drench every day or two. 



"VYhen jaundice is brought on by a gall stone, we have, in 

 addition to the yellow skin as seen in the mouth, and the 

 jaundiced eye, heaving of the flanks, a hard, rapid pulse, no 

 appetite, but an insatiable thirst. The ears are alternately 

 cold and hot, the urine changes to a transparent yellow, dark 



