354 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



one and one-half pounds of Epsom salts, with one 

 ounce of ginger, the whole to be dissolved in half 

 a gallon of water and given at one dose. Also mix 

 a half pound of good mustard with warm water, 

 rub this over the loins and cover up with a rug. 

 This I do to assist in stimulating the spinal cord. 

 After doing this the animal generally lies quiet 

 for about eight or ten hours, when she will get up. 

 If she does not, give more of the above, three 

 ounces every hour until four or five more doses are 

 taken. Then wait for several hours, when it is 

 likely the animal will be able to rise. I have had 

 to do this in some few cases. In this case no after 

 treatment is required. In some cases the animal 

 becomes lively and commences eating, but re- 

 mains unable to get upon her hind legs. It is then 

 necessary to give nux vomica in dram doses three 

 times daily for a week in gruel. 



Prevention: The best prevention of this disease 

 is to keep the cow in a good, firm, healthy state, 

 and not to have her too soft and flabby. This can 

 be done by giving the animal good solid food and 

 not too much of it. In the spring, when the 

 weather is getting hot and the grass long and suc- 

 culent, keep the cow off such pasture and put her 

 in a place where she cannot get much grass, and 

 have a stable for her and feed dry, solid food, as 

 hay, oats or corn. Soft, sloppy diet is not good. 

 If the animal is fat it would be well to give her 

 one and one-half pounds of Epsom salts about ten 

 days before calving. It is not wise to give it at or 

 a few hours before calving, as it weakens the ani- 



