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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
The Yellows, or Jaundice. — This is easily distinguishable. White cattle 
are peculiarly subject to it, and it makes its firt appearance by a yel- 
lowness of the eyes and under the anus ; the bowels become costive, the 
teeth loose, the appetite gone, and rapid weakness sets in. Give 4 oz. 
common salt, half oz. Barbadoes aloes, 1 dr. ginger, 1 quart home-brewed 
ale, made into gruel. 
Loss of Cud, — All ruminating animals are sometimes subject to this. 
The stomach, with a sort of convulsive action, throws the half masti- 
cated food back into the mouth to be rechewed, and sometimes this 
healthy contractile tone of the stomach is lost. Give — 6 dr. Barbadoes 
aloes, 6 oz. common salt, 3 dr. ginger, 1 oz. alspice, in a quart of gruel. 
Inflammation. — This is a disease known by coldness of the horns and 
extremities, generally accompanied by much acute and constant pain. 
All home attempts to cure this disorder will be impotent; a veterinary 
surgeon should be at once consulted. The same may be said of staggers , 
strangury , and a variety of acute disorders. 
Plcuro-Pneumonia is only mentioned to say that nothing like a specific 
has, so far, been discovered. The fearful medicine of a gill of spirits of 
turpentine and a gill of spirits of sweet nitre seems to be the most 
successful but desperate remedy. If the animal is fat, there is scarcely 
a chance of recovery. If the animal is lean, remedial measures may be 
tried, but they are more likely to fail than be successful. 
The Epidemic, or Sore Mouth and Feet, — for so a disease which affects 
the mouth with blisters and the feet with pain and inflammation, is best 
known, has lost much of the virulence it possessed from 1839 to 1844, 
but still is sometimes troublesome. A dose of Glauber or Epsom salts, 
in the first stage, with shelter and bran mashes, will generally prevent 
evil consequences. Should the foot break out, the same treatment will 
be useful that we advised in the foul of the foot. 
Diseases Of Calves. — If well managed, calves are subject to few diseases; 
and if starved, neglected, or ill managed, they will be scarcely kept 
alive by medicine. The most fatal disease is the scour or diarrheea. As 
it usually proceeds from some foreign, often acrid matter, in the bowels, 
a tablespoonful of sulphur in the milk will generally remove it in due 
time. If it should continue after this, give a tcaspoonful of laudanum 
and a tablespoonful of tincture of rhubarb. We once had a calf nearly 
dead of diarrhoea ; medicine seemed to have no impression upon the 
obstinate attack. It was dying. We gave it a bottle of port wine, ex- 
pecting it would be dead in the morning. In the morning, however, it 
was well and crying for its breakfast. A pint of good old port will 
often work wonders when all other remedies have failed, both in man 
and beast. 
Costiveness is sometimes a disease in calves, as well as the opposito 
extreme. Here it is undesirable to give medicine, unless it be very 
severe. A handful of onions, boiled with an ounce of fat bacon, is by 
far the best remedy, and it never does injury, but is nutritious to the 
animal even if well. 
Gripes is a complaint to which young calves are subject, which have 
had sour milk given to them ; and there is often acute pain exhibited, 
kicking of the belly with the hind legs, pawing, etc. A cure is gener- 
