THE OX AND THE DAIRY. 



or injuriously the inflamed kidneys, which will soon begin to 

 act naturally when the inflammation is subdued. In the 

 Veterinarian for 1840, however, Mr. Bush recommends the 

 following draught, at first twice and afterwards once a day : 

 " Oil of juniper, half an ounce ; oil of turpentine, one 

 ounce ; tincture of opium, one ounce ; linseed-tea, a pint." 

 This mixture, he states, proved beneficial in some cases which 

 he treated for several days without any amendment. These 

 draughts appeared to cause an increase of the discharge of 

 blood at first ; but afterwards it began to abate, and dimin- 

 ished daily. This medicine may be useful when the dis- 

 charge of blood continues after the pain and strangury have 

 been subdued; but we should prefer trying laudanum and 

 linseed-tea alone. Some practitioners, under these circum- 

 stances, recommend astringents ; as two drachms of powdered 

 catechu, three drachms of alum, half a drachm of opium, and 

 two drachms of ginger, which are to be simmered, in half a 

 pint of water, for a few minutes ; to this decoction must be 

 added a pint of ale, to form a drench, which may be repeated 

 in a day or two. That this mixture will act as an astrin- 

 gent cannot be doubted : but we question its effects on the 

 kidneys. 



BLAIN OB GLOSS- ANTHRAX, INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE AND 

 PARTS ADJACENT. 



The causes of this disease are very obscure. Some attribute 

 it to the eating of certain acrid plants, as various species of 

 ranunculus, &c., but on doubtful grounds. It sometimes ap- 

 pears as an epidemic; and in its latter stage it has been 

 proved to be contagious. Its attack is generally sudden, and 

 variable as to severity; but the affection not unfrequently 

 runs on to gangrene of the tongue and parts adjacent, accom- 

 panied with malignant typhus, and the animal dies a mise- 

 rable object. 



At the commencement of blain the animal exhibits the 

 ordinary febrile symptoms, with dulness and the refusal of 

 food. A discharge of saliva from the mouth now appears and 

 rapidly increases: it is at first limpid, but, as the disease 

 gains 'ground, it becomes purulent, bloody, and extremely 

 foetid. The inflammation now extends itself; the head and 

 throat swell, often to an alarming degree ; the pharynx,^ or 

 back of the cavity of the mouth, partakes of this congestion 

 and intumescence, to the obstruction of breathing ; and some- 



