liORXED CATTLE. 7 



bear seven or eight quarts witli decided advan- 

 tas^e, 



ox PHYSIC. 



The chief purgative Medicines for neat Cattle 

 are Glauber Salts, Epsom Salts, Barbadoes aloes. 

 Linseed Oil and Sulphur. In some extreme 

 cases the Croton Nut, freshly prepared may be 

 used with decided advantage. Aloes are getting 

 into disuse, on account of it nauseating and exci- 

 ting the Animal; if it does not operate immedi- 

 ately, half an ounce of aloes may be added to the 

 salts with decided advantage. In particular 

 diseases where there is considerable fever, or the 

 attack of fever is apprehended^ there is no pur- 

 gative so beneficial as the Epsom Salts; in bad 

 cases twenty four ounces may be given at a dose, 

 and eight ounces of sulphur every six hours, 

 until the purgative effect is produced. Linseed 

 Oil is a good purgative, the dose is from a pint 

 to a pint and a half. Common Salt is a very 

 good purgative in mild cases, a pound dissolved 

 in warm water is a dose; it should not be given 

 when the animal labors with fever. 



