WATER REMEDIES. 495 



What more is there necessary than to cool off the part, to 

 relieve the system of this unnatural heat ? Water is the 

 most universal cooling agent in nature, is always at hand, 

 and easily applied. Everything in nature seeks an equi- 

 librium. Apply cold to the surface of the skin, and the hot 

 blood rushes there to resist it, and to equalize the heat. 

 The tendency to congestion of the internal organs in fevers 

 is relieved by an application of cold to the surface. Water 

 not only cools the skin, but opens the pores and promotes its 

 excretions, and when we reflect upon the large amount of 

 matter that passes off through the pores of the skin, we see 

 the importance of keeping it in a clean, healthy state. 



GARGET. 



In case of the garget, the swollen udder only requires to 

 be cooled and cleansed, and to be kept cool for a short time, 

 to be restored to its originally healthy condition. 



Water furnishes just the means for this purpose. With- 

 out exciting and irritating the whole system of the cow, 

 which is already too much excited, water will quiet and 

 soothe the inflammation, cool and soften the hot, dry skin of 

 the udder, and soon give ease and comfort to the cow. But 

 how shall the water be applied to accomplish this ? 



Washing and sponging the bag with water will not an- 

 swer the purpose, unless unremittingly applied, which would 

 require a more faithful attendant than is generally found. 

 But if you take an oil-cloth or india-rubber cloth bag, made 

 to fit the cow's udder, or nearly so, coming up to the body, 

 flaring at the top, held up by a strap over the back, then 

 filled with soft water of moderate temperature, say 65, you 

 will have an apparatus that will require very little attention. 

 This can be applied by anybody, and with much less trouble 

 than a purgative can be given. This mild water will absorb 

 gradually the heat from the udder and not cause any shock 

 to the system, or much determination of blood to the part. 



