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ON CATTLE MEDICINE. 
of gruel, mixed with half a pound of treacle for each dose. If 
the bowels are not opened in eight or ten hours, I give 
Sulphur. from half to three-quarters of a pound 
Croton powder. half a drachm 
Ginger. half an ounce 
Caraway powder. one ounce 
Mustard. one ounce 
in a quart of gruel and half a pound of treacle ; after which the 
beast seldom wants any thing but nourishment. I always draw 
the urine three or four times during the first twenty-four hours, 
as the bladder is often so paralysed, or the neck of it so con¬ 
structed, that its contents cannot be voluntary discharged. 
As to the disease commonly called the hoose, mentioned in 
Number 48 of The Veterinarian, by Mr. Dickens, I should 
treat it as for inflammation of the lungs, and in the following 
manner: first bleed from four to six quarts, according to size 
and condition ; I then give 
Powdered croton. from two scruples to a drachm 
Epsom salts. ten to twelve ounces 
Linseed powder. two ounces 
Caraway powder . half an ounce 
Nitre. one ounce and a half 
Powdered digitalis. from half a drachm to a drachm. 
in a quart of gruel. Then, every six hours. 
White hellebore . from a scruple to half a drachm ; or 
Emetic tartar . one drachm 
Linseed powder . four drachms. 
If the bowels are not opened in fourteen or sixteen hours, re¬ 
peat the laxative. With this treatment I never lose a patient if 
consulted within twenty-four hours from the beginning of the 
disease; therefore I think Mr. Dickins’s treatment somewhat 
inert. 
Though the red water is not so prevalent in this country, I 
hope I shall be excuseable in presenting you my treatment of that 
disease, which I have seldom found to fail. Bleed freely, and 
then give the following:— 
Epsom salts. eight to ten ounces 
Powdered croton. one drachm 
Caraway powder . one ounce 
Oil of turpentine. two ounces 
