FOG-SICKNESS, OR BO YEN. 
m 
Saltpetre, dissolved in a gill 
of gin or whisky 
Tartarized antimony 
Milk of assafoetida 
1 ounce, 
3 dracnms, 
i pint, 
Columbo-root, ground 
Tar-water 
\ ounce, 
1 pint. 
The columbo-root is gently boiled for half-an-hour m a 
pint of water, and after being strained through a cloth, the 
other ingredients are added to it. 
Tar-water is prepared by pouring on two tablespoons- 
full of tar, a pint of boiling water ; and after stirring them 
well together, permitting the mixture to cool, and then pour¬ 
ing off the water. 
But by far the most certain and expeditious mode of 
affording relief, is to have a tube constructed of wire, cylin- 
drically twisted round a piece of cane, of about six feet in 
length, and covered with patent Mackintosh cloth. The 
cane is then withdrawn, and this leaves a lengthened tube ; 
the end of which should be rather round, and covered with 
shammy leather to prevent its injuring the animal. This, 
which will afford a free passage for the air, is put down the 
animal's throat until it reaches the paunch. The distance 
from the teeth of a full-sized ox to the bottom of the 
first stomach or paunch, is six feet, so that if the tube 
reaches five feet six, or five feet nine inches down, it is sure 
to have extended some inches into the stomach. 
When the tube has been passed into the stomach, it may 
be permitted to remain a considerable time, as when it is 
pressed to one side of the throat, it does not prevent the 
free respiration of the animal. If the whole of the im¬ 
pure air, that is, the carbonized portion of it, does not 
escape through the tube, it may be effectually extracted by 
means of bellows fixed to the upper end of the tube, with 
