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these to be given in a quart and a half of gruel, in which 
three quarters of a pound of treacle has been boiled. The 
animal must be kept particularly warm during the time of 
taking the above medicine, and for at least a week after¬ 
wards. 
If action is not restored to the part affected in the course 
of ten or twelve days, amputation of the part will be indis¬ 
pensable. This should be cut off at the first vertebra above 
the paralysed part. If no blood issues from the wound, 
another vertebra must be lopped off. To stop the bleeding, 
the part must be wrapped in a piece of rag in which is de¬ 
posited a handful of salt. 
STRAINS AND BRUISES. 
Cattle are not so liable to strains and bruises as horses ; 
and as they are seldom necessitated to active exertion after 
an accident has occurred to them, there is less difficulty in 
curing them. Whether the affection is in the muscular 
or tendinous parts, we would recommend similar treatment 
as that employed for the horse under such circumstances. 
Fomentation should first be tried, and when the inflam¬ 
mation has been subdued, the following liniment must be 
well rubbed on the part affected, two or three times daily, 
until all the symptoms have disappeared :— 
Lintseed-oil . . 5 ounces, 
Spirit of turpentine . 1 ounce, 
Hartshorn, or liquid ammonia 1 ounce. 
When any portion of the limbs has been sprained, so as 
to occasion lameness, and has not been removed by applying 
the above liniment, it will be necessary to have recourse to 
a blister. 
For sprains or bruises of a more simple kind, the follow¬ 
ing lotion will generally prove sufficiently strong 
