834 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



hour after giving the purgative, a pint of brandy or whisky, diluted 

 with the same quantity of water, may be given. This should be 

 followed with proportionate doses at regular intervals. As a sub- 

 stitute, £ to 1 oz. doses of carbonate of ammonia may be used with 

 the same frequency. If tympanitis is present, the aromatic spirits 

 of ammonia, given in the same doses, will be found exceedingly use- 

 ful. The udder should be gently and frequently rubbed, and what 

 milk it contains must be continually drawn away at short intervals. 

 The patient should be placed with the fore parts elevated, and the 

 head should be kept well up throughout the case. 



The first food offered should be gruel. This may be replaced in 

 a short time by bran or linseed mashes, and then a little green food 

 It is a mistake to dose with tonics, such as iron, gentian, and nux' 

 vomica. The animal is of course weak, but strength is more likely 

 to be gained by good nursing and nourishing fpod than by medicine. 

 There is liability of a recurrence of the disease at the next labor, 

 and such an animal is a good subject for the butcher. 



