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' Remedies. The foot should be carefully washed and 

 cleansed and thoroughly examined, to be sure that the lame- 

 ness does not arise from a nail casually run into the foot, or 

 a prick in shoeing, from a wound from a stump or othc^' 

 substance between the hoofs, (a case frequently occurring.) 

 If no appearance occurs of any break in the skin, while tiie 

 foot is still wet apply as near as may be to the centre of the 

 slit between the hoofs from one to three grains of corrosive 

 sublimate, (reduced to a fine powder,) the dose to be propor- 

 tioned to the size of the animal and the violence of the at- 

 tack. Care must be used that the powder is put completely 

 in this slit, for it is a very strona^ poison, and the animal as 

 soon as at liberty will begin to lick the foot if a sore one. 

 The moisture left by the washing makes the powder adhere, 

 and the effect is produced in a very short time. Some pre- 

 fer mixing the powder with hog's lard, which answers ; but is 

 thought less powerful : it has one advantage, however, as 

 being less dangerous to keen in a house, (for no one takes 

 salve inwardly.) Where corrosive sublimate cannot be ob- 

 tained, any other violent stimulant may be applied. Com- 

 mon salt is often effectual in very slight attacks ; but it is 

 of the greatest importance to lose no time. The applicc^tion 

 is to be repeated every twenty-four hours till a cure is effect- 

 ed, or till the foot shows unequivocal signs of a gathering 

 which will break.' 



Loss of the Cn.d. Rumination, or the chewing of the cud, 

 is that motion of the rumex or first stomach by which the 

 food is forced back into the mouth to be perfectly masticated. 

 This motion is not sudden or violent, like that of vomiting; 

 but gradual and gentle, when the animal is healthy. When, 

 therefore, an animal ceases to perform this essential act of 

 digestion, it is an evident proof that the stomach is out of 

 order ; it may depend on the state of the first stomach, or it 

 may proceed from the third. 



Loudon asserts that although ' loss of the cud enters into 

 the list of most of cow leeches' diseases, it is less a disease 

 than a symptom of some other affection ; indeed it is evident 

 that any attack suflicient to destroy the appetite will, gene- 

 rally, occasion the loss of the cud. It is possible, however, 

 that an occasional local affection, or paralysis of the paunch, 

 may occur, particularly when it is distended with unhealthy 

 substances, as acorns crab-apples, the tops of some of the 

 woody shrubs, &;c. The treatment in such cases consists in 

 stimulating the stomach by tonics, aloes, pepper, and gin, 



