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and oiten with blood , v.ie animal is restless and in pain, 

 often lying down and rising ; a rumbling noise is heard 

 in the intestines. If neglected, he grows poor, though 

 the appetite and rumination continue for some time ; at 

 length these fail, and the food passes off half digested. 

 As it continues, the mucous membrane, or lining of the 

 intestines, sloughs off, and mingles with the dung. 

 This disease consists in the inflammation of the lining 

 of the large intestines. 



Remedy. Sweat, and give a pound of salts, with an 

 ounce of powdered caraway seeds, in order to remove 

 from the bowels the offensive matter which may cause 

 the disease. Put the animal in a house or yard, and 

 feed on hay, and ground oats or mashes, and oil cake. 

 If he will not eat, for two or three days make thick gruel 

 of these, and turn down a little three or four times a day 



If the purging be not checked in twenty-four hours 

 after giving physic, give moderate astringents only, as 

 it will be dangerous to stop it suddenly. Raspberry tea 

 is a mild astringent ; it is an anodyne, also, having a 

 very soothing effect on the irritated and excoriated 

 bowels. If it do not stop soon, give mutton suet one 

 pound, and new milk two quarts, boiled together till 

 the suet is dissolved ; then add half a drachm of opium, 

 and half a drachm of ginger, first mixed with a spoonful 

 or two of liquid. 



Another. The following is a good astringent medi- 

 cine, after the bowels have been well cleared out with 

 a purgative : Powdered chalk, one ounce ; opium, one 

 drachm ; catechu, four drachms ; ginger, two drachms ; 

 mix, and give in gruel. 



Another. Sweet gum bark. [See pf ge 107.] 



Another. Charcoal powder has cured almost hope- 

 less cases in the human subject, when the patient was 

 reduced to a very low state. Burn soft seasoned pine, 

 that is pure and lively or bright, to a coal, then quench 

 it. Pulverize, and mix with honey or lard, and then 

 grind fine as possible. Mix in warm milk or water, 

 and give. A tea-spoonful is a dose for an infant, and 

 nearly a great spoonful for an adult. Give an ox 01 

 cow four to eight table spoonfuls. Charcoal is a disin 

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