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This dose will generally be sufficient to remove 
the violent symptoms of inflammation : and that 
being done, the following medicine will then be 
proper to restore the bowels to a healthy state :— 
Prepared kali (sub^carbonate of potash), 1 \ oz. ; 
saltpetre, | oz. ; camphor, lk drachms; anise seed, 
lkoz. ; laudanum, lk drachms. 
Mix the whole, and give it in a quart of gruel, 
wherein an ounce of isinglass has been previously 
dissolved ; the dose to be repeated, if the symptoms 
require it, twice or three times a day. 
If the disease is attended by costiveness, then the 
following dose will be more proper:— 
Sulphur, 4 lb. ; saltpetre, | oz.; anise seed, and 
coriander, each, 1 oz. ; powdered ginger, 4 oz. 
The whole to be mixed in two quarts of gruel, 
in which two ounces of Castile soap have been 
previously dissolved, to which may also be added, 
a pint of cold-drawn linseed oil. This medicine 
may be repeated in twenty-four hours, with half the 
quantity, if the obstruction is not removed by the 
first dose. When the violence of the disease is 
thus got the better of, the sulphur may be continued 
in small doses, mixed with 1 k drachms of camphor, 
and I oz. each, of anise seed and cumin. 
During this disease, the cow should be kept on 
diluent food, with plenty of Indian-meal gruel, and 
other thin drinks, which should be warm, in order 
to assist the operation of the medicines. 
Dysentery , or Bloody Flux. —The most formidable 
of the inflammatory diseases, is the “ dysentery,” 
“ bloody ray,” or “ flux.” The most common cause 
of this complaint is cold suddenly applied to the 
body when over-heated; hence it is apt to follow 
over-driving, and whatever, by suddenly lowering 
the temperature of the animal, checks the circula¬ 
tion at the surface, and determinates it to the bowels. 
This malady is distinguished by the excrements 
being mixed or tinged with blood ; there is also dis¬ 
charged, as in the case of “ Inflammation of the 
Bowels,” a kind of putrid skin towards the termi¬ 
nation of the disease. This complaint is also 
marked by the suddenness of its attack, and the very 
offensive smell the excrements give out. Along 
with these symptoms, there prevails a quick pros¬ 
tration of strength, and all the other marks in the 
dry state of the skin and coldness of the body, 
which have been noticed in the last preceding 
disease. 
In the cure, the first step to be taken, in order to 
check the symptoms of inflammation, is to blunt 
the acrimony (severity), of the discharge, and to 
promote the perspiration of the skin. To check 
the inflammation, bleeding is the great means, im¬ 
mediately applied, and proportioned in quantity to 
the strength and condition of the animal; but it 
will not be proper to repeat it more than once, from 
the rapid tendency of the complaint to mortification. 
It will, therefore, be more advisable to give a small 
dose of Epsom salts, mixed with a certain portion 
of opium, &c., in order to allay the pain, which is 
usually violent, as in the following prescription :— 
Epsom salts, | lb.; crude opium, lk drachms; 
nitre, | oz.; camphor, lk drachms. 
To be given at one dose in two quarts of water 
gruel, and repeated until the symptoms begin to 
abate. In order to allay the irritation of the bowels, 
oils and mucilages should be administered; and the 
formula which is best adapted here is Gold-drawn 
linseed oil, k pint; isinglass, k oz. 
The isinglass first to be boiled in a pint of skim¬ 
med milk, till it is dissolved ; then add the oil to it; 
to be given twice a day. By these means, the more 
violent symptoms will disappear. The obstruction 
of the surface is next to be relieved, as a principal 
point towards completing a cure. The medicines 
most successful for this purpose are, 
Nitre, | oz.; camphor, lk drachms; opium, lk 
drachms; tartar emetic, | drachm. 
To be mixed together, and formed into a ball, 
given at one dose, and repeated twice a day. 
In this, and in most other complaints of the bow¬ 
els, attended with inflammation, it is of much im¬ 
portance that the intestines should have as little to 
do as possible. The quantity of drink should 
not be large, and the diet should consist chiefly of 
gruel and warm mashes, sparingly given. 
Inflammation of the Liver. —This disease arises 
chiefly from two causes ; the first is, being heated 
from over-driving the animal when very fat, which 
is liable to take place when the weather is exces¬ 
sively hot. The second cause arises from some 
external injury, as a knock, or bruise, which occa¬ 
sions the liver to swell and inflame. The conse¬ 
quence of this disease very oft,m brings on dropsy, 
or decay of the body; and th 3 more the internal 
part of the liver is affected, the luore dangerous the 
complaint. 
The disease may generally be known by difficulty 
of breathing, sometimes a swelling is felt about the 
short ribs, and an uncommon fullness about the 
region of the womb ; the pulse is intermitting, at¬ 
tended with symptoms of fever; the urine is of a 
yellowish color, and the animal appears as if griped. 
The treatment of this malady is to be conducted 
in a similar manner as the other inflammations be¬ 
fore described ; but as costiveness is here a leading 
symptom, the state of the bowels requires a very 
marked attention. Immediately, then, after bleed¬ 
ing, which should be the first step, let a cooling 
purge be administered, composed of the following 
mixture, to be given, at one dose, in two quarts of 
water gruel, with a pint of molasses, and repeated 
until the costiveness abates :— 
Flour of sulphur, 9 oz.; camphor, lg drachms ; 
nitre, lk oz. ; anise seed and cumin, | oz., each. 
In two hours after the drink is administered, a 
pint of linseed oil is to be given in a quart of 
strong decoctipn of camomile flowers, in which an 
ounce of gum Arabic has been dissolved. 
These leading measures being premised, the cure 
is to be finished by the use of diuretics (medicines 
tending to produce a discharge of urine), of which 
the following has been employed with success :— 
Castile soap, | oz.; powdered anise seed, | oz. ; 
powdered valerian, | oz.; camphor, lk drachms, 
nitre, J oz.; fenugreek, | oz.; sweet spirits of 
nitre (spirit of nitric ether), 6 drachms. 
To be given in two quarts of water gruel. This 
dose is to be repeated once or twice a day, till the 
swelling of the liver, and the other symptoms de¬ 
part. The food to be given in this case, should be 
the same as that recommended for inflammation of 
the bowels; and the animal may be indulged in 
drinking warm water, or gruel, as often as she is 
inclined to take it. 
