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DISEASES PF ANIMALS. 



Soap has some exciting effect — salts increase it , but 

 the most exciting clysters are made by adding to a gallon 

 of any common injection, as herb tea, or the like, half a 

 pint of strong decoction of tobacco, or a great spoonfui' 

 of fine Cayenne pepper. The pepper produces a more 

 speedy action. Lobelia, added to an injection, has an 

 exciting effect ; but if used liberally, it excites vomiting 

 also. Any of these exciting substances, made up into a 

 little ball, and put into the fundament, will excite the 

 bowels and produce discharges ; and sometimes they 

 answer the purpose of an injection. In severe cases of 

 costiveness, back-rake before giving injections, as this 

 will render them more effective. 



The importance of clysters is not sufficiently known. 

 In numerous cases bipeds, as well as quadrupeds, are 

 dosed and dosed with physic ; days pass without relief, 

 and the bowels are almost ready to burst with the power- 

 ful fermentation caused by physic, when the use of liberal 

 and exciting injections would afford immediate relief, and 

 save the patient from days of distress, from prostration, 

 and serious and permanent injury in the bowels. 



When the bowels are tender, or irritated, a soothing 

 and emollient injection may be thrown far up the intes- 

 tines, and brought in contact with the inflamed bowels, 

 give relief and promote a cure by its soothing influence. 



For soreness and tenderness of the bowels, use a tea 

 of either of the following substances, as a soothing injec- 

 tion. Slippery-elm, bass wood (linden) bark, marsh-mal- 

 lows, or flax-seed. Linden is similar to slippery-elm, 

 but it has not so much virtue. 



For inflamed and irritated bowels, or over purging, 

 use a decoction of either of the following astringent sub- 

 stances : — Rosemary, barberry bark, cranesbill, hard- 

 hack, raspberry, and chocolate or Jones' root. 



In locked jaw, or other affections, as sore or swelled 

 throat, when the animal can take no food, nutriment may 

 be given by injecting gruel. Let it be done in moderate 

 quantities, that it may be retained. 



There are various modes of giving clysters. The old 

 fashioned way is with a bladder and pipe, and this will 

 answer. By elevating the bladder, the liquid wQ be 



