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dropsical swellings appear about the lower jaw and legs, and 

 the creature dies exhausted. 



Treatment. — In either form a change of diet is absolutely- 

 necessary to a restoration to health. If stabled, put on dry 

 food, and given a pint of linseed oil every day or every 

 other day, most slight cases of the acute kind wdll rapidly 

 recover. It may be w^ell if the action of the bowels does 

 not cease promptly, to give a mild astringent, as : — 



No. 343. Powdered alum, 



Powdered ginger, each, ^ oz. 



Mix and give in a quart of milk once or twice a day till the dis- 

 charge moderates. 



Or, 



Ko. 344. Powdered galls, 



Ipecacuanha, each J ob. 



Mix and give as above. 



The chronic form is a very obstinate disease, and not un- 

 frequently baffles every attempt to cure it. Here, too, close 

 attention to diet stands in the first line of treatment. Some 

 writers recommend that all vegetable food be withheld, and 

 the animal fed on broths, thin soups, the blood of other ani- 

 mals and milk. The follo\ying is an excellent food in such 

 cases : — 



No. 345. Fresh mutton suet, 2 lbs. 



Fresh milk, 6 quarts. 



Mix with gentle heat over a slow fire and give while warm. 



Another valuable form of diet is : 



No. 346. Cod liver oil, 2 to 4 oz. 



Fresh eggs, 4 to 5. 



Mix thoroughly in a quart of fresh milk and give twice a day. 



To support these articles of diet, we may choose a gentle 



and stimulating astringent, as : — 



No. 347. Calcined rhubarb in powder, 1 oz. 



Powdered chalk, 2 oz. 



Powdered opium, 2 drachms. 



Mix as a ball or in the food. To be given every morning. 



