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cine is given to remove the curdled milk from the stomach and bowels. 

 The object of the subsequent treatment is to allay the irritation of the 

 stomach and bowels and to restore the digestive functions. We recom- 

 mend the following to be compounded and divided into twelve powders: 

 powdered rhubarb, one and one-half ounces; carbonate of magnesia, 

 three ounces. One of these powders should be given four times a day; 

 each powder to be shaken up with two wine-glassfuls of new milk, to 

 which two tea-spoonfuls of whiskey should be added. A little fresh 

 milk should be given five or six times a day, or the calf allowed to suck 

 about six times a day, but the quantity should be limited. In applying 

 treatment the mother should always be examined as to the condition of 

 her health, diet, etc., as the disorder may sometimes be traced to some 

 disease or mismanagement affecting the mother. 



Inflammation of the Bowels, or Enteritis. Inflammation of 

 the bowels must be held to signify in a general way inflammation of all 

 parts of the mucous membrane of the bowels, though in some forms of 

 what may properly be termed enteritis, we find that the mucous, muscu- 

 lar, and serous coats of the bowels are involved, while in other cases 

 only a limited portion of the mucous membrane of the bowel is 

 affected. 



Causes. This disease occurs at all seasons of the year, but most 

 frequently at times when there are great variations of temperature. 

 Hard and long-continued work may operate as a cause in the case of 

 oxen. Eating such food as musty hay and oats, forage containing acid 

 plants, the leaves of trees infested with caterpillars, grass which has 

 commenced to ferment after cutting, dusty hay, and grass covered with 

 hoar frost may also give rise to enteritis. Drinking copiously of ice- 

 cold water may also produce it. Exposure to a cold, damp wind or any 

 influence which suddenly chills the surface of the body may operate as a 

 cause. 



Symptoms. Dryness of the muzzle, diminished appetite, partial or 

 total cessation of rumination (see Doss of Cud), symptoms of colic which 

 are indicated by restlessness. The animal lies down and gets up fre- 

 quently, looks round at its flank, raises its tail, paws with its front feet, 

 and strikes with its feet at the abdomen. After a time the symptoms of 

 acute pain subside, and the animal lies down, but does not appear to be 

 free from pain, turns its nose around on the flank and does not eat nor 

 ruminate. When injections are given they are soon ejected from the 

 the bowel, the passages are dry, glistening, and coated with mucus. 



