ON GANGRENOUS PERIPNEUIMONY IN CATTLE. 855 
plied is situated in some sheltered place, where the utensils of 
the dairy are cleaned. 
Treatment. —1. Exceedingly restricted diet, amounting to not 
more than a tenth part of the allowance in health—the sprinkling 
of the food with salted water, especially if it is new—the 
mixture of some chaff or hay, and the removal of the animal 
from a damp situation, or exposure to great heat. 
2. Warm drinks, frequently given, and composed of an infu¬ 
sion of bran, with a little barley or rye meal, and a good hand¬ 
ful of kitchen salt. 
3. One or two large blisters, eight or ten inches square, applied 
to the sides, the hair having been cut away, and the skin well 
rubbed with a rough brush before the application of the blister 
ointment. 
4. The following powder administered thrice a day on a piece 
of bread :—Take of mustard one part, of flour of sulphur and 
cordial powder, two parts each, of fenugrec eight parts, and of 
common salt as much as of all the other ingredients together. A 
good pinch of this mixture is to be placed on a piece of bread, and 
given to the animal. The effect of this is rapidly and well marked ; 
the digestive functions are roused, and the beast speedily recovers 
a portion of his natural gaiety. The muzzle becomes moist, and 
the dew-drops are again scattered over it. The beast is fond of 
this powder, and I would advise that it should be administered 
from time to time for a while after his recovery. 
5. Three times in the day, and when the beast is fasting, the 
following sternutatory vinegar should be used, a tea-spoonful 
being introduced into each nostril, by means of a small phial or 
syringe —Take of alum, sulphate of zinc, Spanish powder, and 
spirit of turpentine, each one ounce; camphor two drachms, and 
strong Burgundy vinegar, a quart. Reduce the solid substances 
to the finest powder; then mix them well together with the 
vinegar and the turpentine, and macerate them. Keep the bot¬ 
tle well stopped, and shake the whole well together before each 
dose is poured out. 
The effect of this sternutatory is really astonishing. Imme¬ 
diately after its administration large tears trickle down their 
cheeks, while strong and long-continued snortings relieve them 
from the mucosities, and false membranes, and bands. See. by 
which the bronchi are embarrassed. May this powerful excita¬ 
tion prevent the pulmonary hepatization and congestion, by re¬ 
establishing the sero-albuminous secretion, in the air-vessels and 
bronchial ramifications ? or, rather, may not this violent exci¬ 
tant, by producing great inflammation of the pituitary membrane 
{coryza) act as a revulsive—a most efficacious counter-irritant, 
