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mation, and a quick, hard, and unequal pulse, while 

 the feet, ears, and horns are very cold. When the 

 last symptoms appear, they are generally the fore- 

 runners of death. 



Causes. — Retention of food in the third stomach, 

 with costiveness, will produce gripes. Even when 

 the bowels are lax, or in a natural condition, cattle 

 have been known to be griped. Dry food, such as 

 grain and hay, will produce it in cows. It also occurs 

 from the animal taking large meals of rank grass, and 

 drinking cold water when much heated : in this case, 

 the disease is sudden in its attack ; but when caused 

 by costiveness, its effects are more gradual, but more 

 difficult to remove. 



Remedies. — When costiveness is the cause of this 

 disease, recourse must be had to purgatives, taken in 

 combination with aromatics, or stimulants. The 

 following prescription general proves effectual : — 



In country situations where all of the above 

 medicines cannot be readily procured, the following 

 formula may be used as a substitute : — 



Common salt 8 ounces, 



Rape-oil, or melted hogs' lard . . 8 ounces, 



Mustard i ounce, 



Rum, or whisky .... 2 ounces. 



When the animal is in high condition, with redness 

 on the inner surface of the eyelid, bleeding may be 

 resorted to. But when accompanied with looseness of 

 the bowels, or in an ordinary condition and a tendency 



