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pint of lime water two or three times a day in a 

 small quantity of milk, until the acid condition of 

 the bowels has passed away, which will be known 

 by the better color of the feces and the absence of 

 the sour smell. Give the syrup of the phosphate 

 of iron in tablespoonful doses in the milk and 

 flaxseed tea. Cod liver oil is a very useful medi- 

 cine, and if the animal is valuable the expense 

 would be repaid by the successful result. If this 

 mild constitutional treatment is not sufficient to 

 stop the scours give a tablespoonful of tincture 

 of opium and tincture of catechu at a dose in 

 starch gruel and repeat it every four hours until 

 it is stopped. Or give at a dose powdered opium 

 twenty grains, acetate of lead ten grains, mixed 

 in starch gruel. Repeat every fourth hour until 

 checked. The calf should be kept in a good, dry, 

 warm place. 



Bent Ankles. — Although at birth the bones of 

 the legs are usually strong enough to support the 

 weight of the animal, yet we frequently find that 

 the foal's fore legs at the ankles are bent forward, 

 and in a few cases they will come in contact with 

 the ground and soon become raw sores. The 

 cause of this is, the ends of the bones have not be- 

 come solid enough to be able to sustain the weight 

 and they bend forward as above mentioned. It 

 is very difficult to remedy. If splints or bandages 

 are applied, in a few days the skin underneath the 

 bandage will scald, and being very tender may 

 peel off, leaving a sore difficult to heal. My ex- 

 perience has been to keep the mare confined to a 



