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DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



Causes. It is sometimes caused by low cone tion, bat 

 more frequently by high feeding and want of exercise. 

 Inaction is a fruitful cause of this disease, loth in ani- 

 mals and the human race. 



Symptoms. Yellowness of the eyes, mouth nd tongue, 

 higher yellow color of the urine, palpitation cf the heart, 

 weariness in the limbs, dulness, stupidity, sleepiness, 

 drooping of the head, general debility ; the hair of the 

 mane and tail becomes loose ; the dung scanty and pale, 

 generally hard, and sometimes covered with slime. 



General Treatment. In all cases see that the bowels 

 are in good condition ; this may be effected by giving 

 laxative food, such as bran mashes and roots ; and if 

 there be costiveness, this feed for two or three days will 

 prepare the bowels for physic, a moderate dose of which 

 should be given ; and if the bowels be not relaxed a little 

 by the mashes, back-rake, and give exciting injections 

 before giving physic. 



It would be well to back-rake as soon as the disease is 

 discovered, if there is much costiveness. Continue light, 

 laxative and green food. In very severe cases, that will 

 not yield to medicines, roweling may be resorted to. 

 Most cases may be cured by diet, (and physic, if the 

 bowels do not become relaxed by the food,) and some of 

 the following medicines. Bleeding should be avoided, 

 as the pulse is generally slow and weak. 



Remedy. One fourth of an ounce of gamboge, half an 

 ounce of saltpetre, one ounce of alum, one ounce of green 

 copperas, (sulphate of iron) — pulverize all, and put them 

 into a bottle with a pint of cold water. Stop tight, shake 

 well, and let it stand over night, and it will be fit for use. 

 Give a table spoonful for a dose, three mornings run- 

 ning ; then omit three, and so on until nine doses have 

 been given. 



Another. Take equal quantities of aloes, Venetian 

 soap, and honey ; make into pills, and give half an ounce 

 daily, for a week. If this does not cure, steep celandine 

 and saffron in cider, and give a quart a day. 



In the human subject, raw eggs have cured in obsti 

 nate cases. 



From our youth up we have knovyr the following as a 



