570 THE CATTLE, SHEEP, &C. OF CORNWALL. 
and Devonshire graziers; and when taken into a rich soil, they 
soon fatten, and turn out profitable to the butcher. 
Our cattle, though in general healthy, are troubled occa¬ 
sionally with Diseases . 
The Red Water —Occurs oftentimes : bleeding combined with 
purgatives, sedatives, and tonic medicines, are the principal re¬ 
medies. I have been very fortunate in treating these cases, but 
they commonly prove fatal under the management of our country 
farriers, who always commence their “ cure’' by the administration 
of strong diuretic medicines. 
“ Oh heavens! that such empiricJis thou ’(1st unfold, 
And put in every honest hand a whip 
To lash the rascals through the world/ 5 
A very common cause of this disease is indigestion. It is also very 
common to see it in cows of weak constitutions, and that have 
had many calves. In the latter case, it is not accompanied with 
much inflammation. 
Blain .—I rather fancy that the disease termed “ blain” in 
your circular, is what is commonly called in Cornwall the “ Head 
JiayT (It is much to be lamented that a classification of the dis¬ 
eases of cattle has not been attempted by some competent person.) 
This disease is characterized by a swelling of the tongue and sub¬ 
lingual glands. The animal speedily dies from suffocation, unless 
the usual remedy, deep incisions of the vesicles along the lateral 
and inferior parts of the tongue, which are afterwards well rubbed 
with common salt, be practised. This practice I have generally 
pursued, with the addition of bleeding and a gentle aperient. 
Blood ,—Commonly called in Cornwall the felon , sometimes 
quarter evil . This disease appears to have increased in Cornwall 
within the last twenty years, as in the earlier part of the practice of 
my late grandfather, Mr. William Floyd, this disease was scarcely 
known. I believe this to be owing to the introduction of several 
artificial grasses before unknown in the county. Yearlings or 
animals from one to two years old are most susceptible of 
this disease. The cause is generally attributed to feeding in 
too luxuriant pastures, or from the sudden removal from a scanty 
to a stimulating living. This disease requires a bold, prompt, 
and persevering mode of treatment, in order to insure a suc¬ 
cessful termination. I have met with few cases where I have 
had an opportunity of seeing the first stage of the disease, for in 
almost every case it had assumed the putrid type before I have 
arrived. 
Hoose ,—Commonly called in Cornwall the husk . Three years 
since I met with numbers of cattle labouring under this disease. 
