118 TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION IN CATTLE. 
and, in another instance, four-fifths of carbonic oxide, and one 
fifth of carbonic acid gas. The gas is, therefore, either of very 
different kinds in different cases, or there is need for more accu¬ 
rate analysis. 
Edinburgh Journal of Science . 
Scientific Treatment of Constipation in Cattle. 
A pupil of Mr. Dick was called to a poor ox labouring under 
constipation of the bowels. The disease proved obstinate, resist¬ 
ing eveiy remedy adopted, and the case was abandoned as utterly 
hopeless. At this stage of the business, the old-established leech 
of the district stepped in, and confidently engaged to set matters 
to rights. He commenced with no less active a remedy than a 
lively trout , transferred from the river to the stomach of the pa¬ 
tient, under the conviction, no doubt, that his agent would thread 
its way through all the mazes of the intestine, and ascribing the 
failure of so notable a dose to the previous mismanagement of the 
Edinburgh student.— Quarterly Journal of Agriculture . 
On the Loss of Weight of Butcher-meat in Cooking. 
Ib. oz. 
Four lbs, of Beef during boiling, lose ... 1 0 
Ditto ditto roasting, lose ... 1 5 
Ditto ditto baking, lose ... 1 3 
Four lbs. of Mutton during boiling, lose ... 0 14 
Ditto ditto roasting, lose ... 1 6 
Ditto ditto baking, lose ... 1 4 
It is to be recollected that little or none of the apparent loss, 
either of the beef or mutton, in boiling , need be actually lost. 
Although the above calculation throws some very important light 
on the ceconomy of the table, the numbers can only be regarded 
as approximations to the truth; for the absolute loss in any one 
case will depend on the quality of the meat, the degree to which 
it is cooked, and various other circumstances. 
Journ. des Connaiss . Usuelles . 
On the Application of Vinegar to Cattle inflated 
by Excess of green Food. 
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It is found that the gastric tympany, or the inflation which 
sometimes takes place in the stomachs of horses, cows, or sheep, 
in consequence of an excess of green food, and of the gas thereby 
produced, and which cannot escape, may be frequently relieved 
by vinegar, which puts an end to the production of gas. 
Quarterly Journal of Agriculture. 
