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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
Causes. —Exposure to cold and long-continued rain, es¬ 
pecially if the animal has been previously over heated and 
over driven ; also drinking cold water when warm. Want 
of a nutritive diet, in milch-cows frequently induces this 
disease, which is one of the most difficult to cure. 
Remedies. —A great variety of prescriptions have been 
given for the cure of this complaint, and some have been 
found very efficacious in some cases, which have no effect 
whatever in others. One of the points to be chiefly at¬ 
tended to, is to take the affected animal home to the straw- 
yard or shed, and subject it to dry feeding, which in some 
cases effects a cure without medical treatment. The follow¬ 
ing prescription has been found of much utility; it is one of 
Mr. Blaine’s :— 
Ipecacuanha . 
Nux-vomica 
Galls, finely powdered 
Alum 
White vitrol 
1 ounce, 
1-^ drachm, 
\ ounce, 
2 drachms, 
20 grains; 
to be well incorporated in a quart of boiling water, 
following recipe has been highly recommended :— 
The 
Alum • • g ounce, 
Kino .... 2 drachms, 
Ginger, powdered . 1 drachm, 
Castile soap, moistened in 
water 
Powdered oak-bark 
to be made into a ball, with a sufficient quantity of treacle. 
When scouring has continued long, considerable irritation 
in the mem crane which lines the intestines, and loss of its 
mucus must be the consequence. To mitigate this, mucila¬ 
ginous drinks should be freely given. For this purpose, let n 
2 drachms, 
i ounce; 
