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PURGING DRINK. 



Take 1 lb. glauber salts, 2 oz. powdered ginger, -J pt. 

 molasses ; put all the ingredients together, pour 3 pints 

 boiling water upon them, and give the whole at once, at 

 blood-warm temperature. Another : take 1 lb. Epsom 

 salts, 2 oz. each of powdered aniseseed and ginger, ^ pt. 

 molasses ; mix, and give in the same manner as the pre- 

 ceding. Another: take 1 pint of linseed or castor-oil, 

 and give with warm water. Aloes are very extensively 

 used for physic ; 4 drams is considered a dose. 



Purging drinks are good for inflammatory complaints, 

 for jaundice, or for costiveness. They can be given 

 moderately to old cattle once in six or eight weeks with 

 much benefit. 



BLEEDING. 



Bleeding is necessary, and of great service, in all in- 

 flammations, fevers, bruises about the eyes, and sprains 

 when accompanied with inflammatory symptoms. Great 

 care and judgment are necessary in bleeding, lest it 

 should be carried to excess. It is hazardous to bleed 

 when the spirits are too much exhausted or weakened. 

 It is most proper to bleed by measure ; and experience 

 has warranted the rule, that not more than two quarts 

 should be taken away at any one time. 



HOVEN, OR SWELLING OFTHE BON/VELS. 



This disorder is a temporary one, and results from 

 turning the cattle from short pastures upon wet and lux- 

 uriant clover, or other succulent food. It is not the clo- 

 ver that causes it, but too much herbage being thrown 

 into the stomach, it heats and swells before it is thrown 

 back again, and when the weight presses upon the arte- 

 ries or blood-vessels, it causes a stagnation or stoppage 

 of the blood, and unless relief be soon obtained the ani- 

 mal dies of suffocation. 



Symptoms. — Great difficulty of breathing, the paunch 

 is immoderately swollen, the animal exhibits signs of great 

 pain, and in the latter stages the tongue protrudes out 

 of the mouth ; a trembling succeeds, and the beast dies. 



Remedy. — If the attack is slight, give ^ a teacupful 

 spirits of turpentine added to J a pint of lamp-oil ; or if 



