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consisting of two quarts of warm water, and four 

 ounces of linseed oil. This may be repeated two 

 or three times in the course of two hours, if found 

 necessary Should the strangury continue after 

 the bowels are emtied, give the following drink. 



Take of camphor 2 dr. 



to be powdered and mixed with spirits 

 of nitrous ether ^ oz. 



Tincture of opium ^ oz, 



Gruel in which one ounce of nitre has 



been dissolved 1 pt. 



(Mix.) 



*TVlany cows have been lost by allowing them 

 to be too fat at the time of calving; they are then 

 said to die of the milk fever. It is advisable, there- 

 fore, when a cow, far gone with calf, is in too good 

 condition, to reduce her by changing the pasture^ 

 which is preferable to bleeding or physic; but if she 

 has approached too near her time to admit of this 

 change having any effect, then bleeding will be 

 proper. When a cow, in high condition, appears 

 to be ill and feverish soon alter calving, let her be 

 bled to the extent of three quarts, and take a pint 

 of caster oil. Should the fever continue, and par- 

 ticularly if it appears to increase, the animal ex- 

 pressing great uneasiness, with a wildness in her 

 appearance, great redness of the upper eyelid, and 

 quick motion of the flanks, the bleeding must be 

 repeated. Many cows have been destroyed by 

 the stimulating medicines that are commonly lec- 

 ommended and given. — fVkiie''s Treatise. 



Dr. Skellett recommends a similar treatment of 

 the strangury in cows, and adds '' The cow should 

 have plenty of diluting liquors, such as warm wa- 

 ter, gruel, &.C. and mashes made of bran, or pol- 



