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“ Lungs and Chest .—When the lungs appear to be affected by 
shortness or difficulty of breathing, by laborious heaving of the 
flank and quick pulse (from sixty and upwards), coldness of the 
horns, ears, and muzzle, bleed from the neck according to the age, 
size, and strength of the animal: insert a seton in the dewlap near 
the chest. 
“ Medicinal Treatment. —Mild aperients, namely, either four 
ounces of sulphur in warm gruel, or half a pint of cold-drawn lin¬ 
seed oil alone, or six ounces of Epsom salts dissolved in a quart of 
warm water. When the bowels are opened give a cooling diuretic, 
such as an ounce of saltpetre dissolved in a pint of warm water. 
“ Liver. —If a yellowness of the eyes and mouth, with a confined 
state of the bowels, shew the liver to be affected, proper doses of 
calomel should be administered in conjunction with the aperient 
purgatives. One drachm by weight of calomel will be sufficient 
for a dose. 
“ Stomach and Bowels. —To correct acidity and tendency to pu¬ 
trescence in the food obstructed in the stomach and bowels, give 
one ounce of common pearlashes or washing soda dissolved in 
gruel, to which is to be added half an ounce of powdered ginger; 
the whole mixed with warm ale: and when much inward pain or 
uncomfortable feeling be evinced by the animal, one ounce by mea¬ 
sure of laudanum may be added. Should irritation exist in the 
howels, as shewn by the animal shifting about, lying down, look¬ 
ing at the flanks, and moaning, apply hot cloths to the under part of 
the belly, and, as soon as possible, a blister (either in the form of 
liquid or ointment). 
“ Kidneys. — Should the urine appear tinged with blood, denoting 
some affection of one or both kidneys, apply hot fomentations to 
the back and loins, or a fresh sheep-skin with the inside placed 
upon the back of the animal: avoid all diuretic medicine, and give 
drink sparingly. 
“ General Treatment. —A general rule cannot be safely recom¬ 
mended bv which to combat the disease in all situations, the more 
vigorous constitution of cows in the country having been success¬ 
fully treated by the active depletion of bleeding and purgatives, 
which have, on the contrary, proved fatal in the plethoric but 
enervated cows of the London dairies; but, in every case, too 
great a stress cannot be laid on the absolute necessity of the strictest 
cleanliness; and, with regard to the diet, mucilaginous drinks 
will always aid recovery, as oatmeal, linseed (whole or bruised), 
starch, either of these being Ijoiled with water into a thick gruel; 
and the best produce of the farm ought to be given for the food of 
the diseased animal. When the disease has been subdued, leav¬ 
ing the animal in a weak state, a chalybeate tonic will be found of 
much use, namely, an ounce of sulphate of iron (commonly known 
