56 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



MAYWEED. 



Mayweed, (Antheviis cotula,) or wild camomile, has 

 sometimes poisoned the horse, and produced death. He 

 will not eat it green, but will when mixed with hay. 

 We have taken a decoction of this plant, in strong doses, 

 for a cold, (not being aware that it was poisonous,) for 

 which it is very efficacious in producing perspiration, but 

 we were never pleased with the taste nor the feelings 

 produced from its use. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



One of the best remedies for poisons is the use ci the 

 stomach-pump, by which water is thrown freely into the 

 stomach, which often excites vomiting and gives relief, 

 if this fails, the water may be drawn out, and the opera- 

 tion repeated. In this way the poisonous matter is 

 diluted and removed. 



Most vegetable poisons are acids, and alkalies will 

 neutralize and destroy them. Ammonia, lye of wood- 

 ashes, and pot and pearl ashes, are used for this purpose. 

 We have inquired and sought in vain for a remedy for 

 cattle that eat white lead, by licking paint on buildings. 



BITES OF SNAKES. 



Cut the wound and squeeze out the blood ; then apply 

 fine salt or some alkali, as named above. Give inter- 

 nally half a pint of olive oil, or rape oil, or half an ounce 

 of volatile salt, dissolved in a quart of water. 



We were told, in Pennsylvania, that a sure cure for 

 the bite of poisonous serpents was cutting the wound to 

 make it bleed, applying fine salt and pulverized gun- 

 powder, and keeping the patient on sweet milk, until 

 sickness ceased, which is generally in two or three days. 



WOUNDS. 



Dr. James Bates, Superintendent of the Insane Hos- 

 pital, Augusta, Me., says, in the "Boston Cultivator," 

 "The best possible coatings which can be applied to 

 injured parts are, first, the blood, then the serum, :h« 



