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DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



Another Remedy. Mr. Brooks, of Princeton, whom 

 tve have already quoted, bleeds, in the first stages, till 

 the animal falters, and, when diarrhoea prevails, gives 

 one ounce of chloride of lime and one drachm of opium. 

 To prevent constipation following, give bran mashes 

 and other laxative food, and if this treatment does not 

 prevent too sudden a check to the looseness, give two or 

 three ounces of salts daily. Dissolve the opium in water 



Another. Make an infusion of half a pint of cedar 

 berries in a quart of water, and give it as a drench. A 

 considerable discharge from the bladder and bowels will 

 follow and give relief, and a cure often follows. In 

 severe cases, it may be necessary to repeat the dose four 

 or five times. 



Another. Boil half a pound of garget root, poke 

 berry, (Phytolacca decandra,) in two quarts of water, to 

 one quart, and pour it down when warm. Repeat once 

 a day, till cured. It may be well to give this in two 

 doses, with an interval of a few hours, as very power- 

 ful decoctions have killed animals. 



Another. Melt one pint of fat ; add one gill of tur 

 pentine and half a pound of sulphur. Stir till thin, ana 

 turn it down the throat. 



Another. Bleed freely, in the first stages, and give 

 a liberal supply of salt. 



Another. Give soot and salt. 



Another. It is said that a few doses of sugar, one 

 pound each, have cured in severe cases. Give with a 

 plenty of warm water. 



Murrain in Man. A man, in skinning a cow that 

 died of the murrain, cut .a little gash in his hand ; it 

 swelled up immediately, and caused his death. Two 

 pigs that ate the flesh of the cow died also. Another 

 man, who assisted in skinning the cow, had a scratch 

 or pimple on his hand, to which the matter was com- 

 municated, and his situation became critical. 



In England, this disease is considered not merely an 

 epidemic, but infectious ; this is the general opinion of 

 veterinary surgeons throughout the country ; conse- 

 quently, {he well cattle are separated from the affected 

 One gentleman caused the cows on his estate to be inoe 



