498 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



If this fever should occur in cold weather, a dry blanket 

 may be put over the wet one, to keep the heat from passing 

 off too rapidly, but if the fever should be high there will 

 be no danger of this. 



Since writing the foregoing, several experienced dairy- 

 men have reported to us in confirmation of our treatment 

 for milk fever, that finding a cow in the worst stages 

 of this fever, and quite unable to stand, they caused 

 her to be frequently and thoroughly washed, and covered 

 with a blanket to keep the evaporation from being too rapid 

 that " it worked to a charm," as they phrased it, the cow 

 soon recovering her usual strength and milk. 



The reader will readily see how this treatment may be ap- 

 plied to other fevers and inflammations ; in what is called 

 common or simple fever, the same application should be 

 made. In inflammation of the lungs, a similar application 

 may be made to the chest, and in all cases of fevers and in- 

 flammation, injections should be freely used ; they answer 

 in all cases much better than the drug purgative. 



In diarrhoea, the injection is valuable where a change of 

 food is not sufficient to correct it, as it cools off the bowels 

 and intestines, allays irritation, and enables Nature to 

 resume her proper functions. 



WATER TREATMENT FOR HORSES. 



Wounds, Bruises, Sprains, etc. The best surgeons now 

 regard water as an important auxiliary in treating wounds. 

 Lavements, pourings, wet compresses, etc., are used for the 

 human subject ; and water answers equally well for animals. 



Simple cut wounds, when cleansed and dressed with water, 

 usually heal without suppuration, especially, if the blood be 

 in a healthy state. There being a tendency in all wounds 

 to fever and inflammation, water dressing, in the form of 

 wet bandages, keep down the unnatural heat, and allow 

 Nature to go on with the healing process. The lips of the 



