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mixed. Though these as liquids may not enter the stomacb 

 in common cases, yet in this disease or unpaired action of 

 the rumex they will enter there.' 



Mr. Lawrence, an English writer, says, in loss of cud, 

 ' Let the animal fast some time, then give a warm bran or 

 pollard mash, with good hay and warm water with salt. 

 This treatment alone may succeed with patience, even should 

 the maw be obstructed with acorns or crab-apples. An aloes* 

 tincture made with brandy and ginger, or capsicum, [red 

 pepper] might be of use in this case. After conquering the 

 obstruction, bitter infusions made of camomile, hoarhound, 

 oak bark, <fec. in beer may be required, as restoratives, al- 

 though, perhaps, good dry nourishing food will have an 

 equally good effect. 



Horn-ail. or Horn Distemper. ' In the spring, cattle which 

 have been poorly kept through the winter arc subject to a 

 wasting of the pith of the horn, which is usually called the 

 horn distemper. It is sometimes in one horn only and some- 

 times in both. The indications of the disease are coldness 

 of the horn, dullness of the eyes, sluggishness, want of appe- 

 tite, and a disposition to lie down. When the brain is af- 

 fected, the animal will toss its head, groan, and exhibit indi- 

 cations of great pain. 



To cure the disease Dr. Deane directed to bore a hoJe with 

 a nail gimblet into the lower part of the horn, through which 

 the foul matter may be discharged. By this boring, which 

 should be nearly horizontal, or in the depending part of the 

 horn, and two or three inches from the nead of the animal, 

 the cure is sometimes completed. When it proves other- 

 wise, a mixture of rum and honey with myrrh and aloes 

 should be thrown into the horn with a syringe, and be seve- 

 ral times repeated if the disease continue. 



Lovett Peters, Esq. of Westborough, Massachusetts, in a 

 communication published in the New England Farmer, vol. 

 v^"i. page 194, give? the following recipe for curing this 

 disease, which he observes was furnished him by an aged 

 friend, and successfully applied to ' a cow taken with horn- 

 ail to that degree that she had nearly stopped eating, and 

 from giving a large quantitj^ of milk had become nearly dry.' 



' Take of salt one half-pin+, of soot one half-pint, of black 

 pepper one table-spoonful ; make all fine, and give one cr 

 two spoonfuls at a time, night and morning. It is easily 

 done by drawing the tongue out of the mouth with the hand, 

 and putting the spoon as far down as it will reach, then let 



