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Another. Give a dose of rennet, about twice as 

 much as used for a common-sized cheese. 



Another. Give a good strong dose of thoroughwort 

 tea, with a little tansy. 



Another. Give a large dose of salt. 



Another. The infusion of camphor, as recommend- 

 ed for vomiting in cattle. [See page 195.] 



Another. Incorporate, over a fire, a pint of sharp 

 vinegar and half a pound of hog's lard, and add more 

 vinegar, that it may not burn. Col. S. Jaques, of the 

 Ten Hills Farm, Somerville, distinguished for his atten 

 tion to stock, has used a pint of vinegar with success. 



Another. Give two drachms of chloride of lime, dis- 

 solved in two quarts of water. 



Another. Give a pint of gin, or a good dose of any 

 ardent spirit. 



Another. Twist a band hard, place it in the mouth, 

 and tie the ends tight over the top of the head. Chew- 

 ing the hand gives a motion that causes gas to escape. 



Another. Draw the tongue out suddenly and forci 

 bly, which causes eructations of gas. 



Another. In tapping, the operation is performed on 

 the left side, between the last rib and hip-bone, a little 

 nearer the former. It should be done two or three 

 inches deep, in order to reach the paunch. A trocar, 

 such as used in tapping for dropsy, should be inserted, 

 or an elder or other quill may be used to conduct out 

 the gas and contents of the stomach that may escape. 

 After the gas has escaped, apply to the orifice an adhe- 

 sive plaster. Shoemaker's wax will answer. Although 

 this may at first relieve and seem to cure, yet bad conse- 

 quences sometimes result from it, that are not known 

 until weeks or months afterwards. As the paunch sub- 

 sides, leaving the flank, gas and particles of food may 

 be thrown into the abdomen, unless a trocar is carefully 

 used. 



Another. The surest and most speedy remedy is the 

 stomach-pump, or the probang, by which the gas is let 

 off, and immediate relief given ; and then the fermenta- 

 tions may be checked by some alkali or stimulus, and 

 the contents of the stomac. carried cff by a dose of 



