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unloaded the bowels and stomachs to some extent, the following powder 

 should be given three times a day, mixed in a quart of linseed tea : 

 powdered ipecacuanha, one ounce and a half ; powdered opium, half an 

 ounce; mix and divide into twelve powders. When the foregoing pre- 

 paration is not found effectual, oil of turpentine may be given in half- 

 ounce doses three times a day in a quart of new sweet milk, and among 

 other remedies which may be employed we may mention sulphate of 

 copper, which should be given in dram doses, combined with twenty 

 grains of opium and mixed with at least a quart of linseed tea. Nitrate 

 of silver may also be given in ten grain doses mixed or dissolved in a 

 pint of distilled water. These latter remedies are especially efficacious 

 in their effect on the ulcerations on the surface of the intestine, but it is 

 not advisable to use them in an early stage. Whatever remedy is 

 employed in treating dysentery, it should be given mixed in a consider- 

 able quantity of liquid, as in this way it brings the medicinal agent in 

 contact with a large portion of the mucous surface of the diseased bowel. 

 In addition to the treatment recommended, the diseased animal must be 

 kept warm and comfortable, and great attention must be paid to its gen- 

 eral comfort. 



White Scour in Calves. Sucking calves are subject to a form of 

 diarrhea known as white scour, gastric catarrh or diarrhea, and indiges- 

 tion. 



Causes. Calves which suck their dams are not frequently affected 

 with this disease, though it may be occasioned by their sucking at long 

 intervals and thus overloading the stomach and bringing on indiges- 

 tion. Calves which are separated from their dams and which receive 

 considerable quantities of cold milk at long intervals are liable to 

 contract this form of indigestion. Calves fed on artificial food, which 

 is sometimes used as a substitute for milk, also frequently contract it. 



Sytnptoms. The milk which passes into the fourth stomach be- 

 comes curdled and acts as an irritant on the surface of the stomach and 

 bowels, so that a catarrhal condition of their mucous surface is set up. 

 The passages have a thin, yellowish white appearance and become very 

 frequent. The calf becomes dull, whisks its tail as if in pain when- 

 ever there is a passage from the bowels, loses appetite, becomes 

 weak, and unless the disease is checked, dies in a few days from 

 exhaustion. 



Treatment. The calf should have from one to two ounces of castor 

 oil and a table-spoonful of laudanum. A mild dose of purgative medi- 



