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Hi zzaszs of ^.nitnais. 
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. 
Editors oe the Cultivator —I notice in one of your 
late numbers, that you reject a communication from Da¬ 
vid Tomlinson, on the subject of Homeopathia, lest it 
should lead to a controversy on a subject foreign to the 
object for which your paper was established. I deeply 
regret your decision, because no topic can be more truly 
valuable to the farmer, than the preservation of his own 
health, and that of his family; and I am abundantly satis¬ 
fied from the success that has attended this system under 
my own observation, and the perusal of authentic clini¬ 
cal reports, that it is capable of curing disease more 
speedily, permanently, and with far less expenditure of 
strength, than any other whatever. You will observe it 
has no affinity whatever with the Quack systems of 
Thomson, Morrison, Brandreth, &c.; its discoverer is 
one of the patriarchs of the profession, thoroughly vers¬ 
ed in Anatomy, Physiology, and all the collateral branch¬ 
es of medical science, and its administrators are, all of 
them, men thoroughly versed in the learning of the med¬ 
ical schools. Nothing of an empirical character is ad¬ 
mitted into the system; every thing is submitted to the 
test of the most rigidly conducted and frequently repeat¬ 
ed experiments; and the result of these has been the dis¬ 
covery of a grand key fact., which admits of a general¬ 
ization of all other previously discovered facts, without 
which they are comparatively valueless. My object in 
writing at present, however, is not to recommend homeo¬ 
pathia to farmers, their wives, or their children ; but 
for their horses and cattle. Deplorable as has been the 
condition of the healing art in relation to the human 
family, it has been still more wretched as applied to 
horses. The leading canon of the veterinary schools has 
been, that all the disorders of the horse tend to inflam¬ 
mation ; hence inflammation must be checked by deple¬ 
tion; then, for all disorders of every name, copious 
bleedings, drenching cathartics, and powerful diuretics, 
are indiscriminately recommended. In nine cases 
out of ten, the horse dies under the treatment, and the 
owner has the pleasure of paying a long farrier's bill, and 
the consolation of knowing that the horse died secun- 
dem artem. The great work of Youatt is unquestiona¬ 
bly the most scientific treatise that we possess on farriery; 
yet even in this, one cannot read three pages without be¬ 
ing sensible that the writer knows little of the subject on 
which he is treating, and that the chance of saving the 
horse is as good, if left to the unaided powers of nature, 
as when treated on the most approved principles of the 
veterinary art. But Homeopathia oilers to the proprietors 
of horses and cattle unfailing sources of relief and cure. 
Let the symptons be thoroughly ascertained, and homeo¬ 
pathia possesses remedies which if seasonably applied, 
cannot fail to cure. Let then, those who have such ani¬ 
mals, call on a homeopathic physician; (I am sure he will 
think it no disgrace to exhibit the triumphs of his art 
even on a horse;) and I am persuaded one trial will be 
sufficient to convince them that homeopathia is no humbug. 
In order to show that the views that I have been ad¬ 
vancing, are not merely theoretical, I send you the fol¬ 
lowing case, reported by Dr. Humphry of Philadelphia, 
who prescribed for the horse at the request of YVm. H. 
Smith of that city, a graduate of the veterinary college of 
London. 
“ On Tuesday, Feb. 16, I was called upon to attend a 
horse belonging to a merchant of this city, which had 
been laboring under a disease vulgarly called staggers 
(Phrenetis,) for ten days past. The first symptoms ex¬ 
hibited were, disinclination for food, restlessness, anxiety, 
starting as if frightened, which were succeeded by stu¬ 
por, holding the head low in the manger; each succeed¬ 
ing hour aggravating the disease; the animal became fu¬ 
rious, bounding from side to side, the head now elevated, 
and constant inclination to press forward, then dashing 
himself violently on the ground in convulsive struggles. 
These were the symptoms I could gather from the persons 
who had charge of him, which he at first exhibited. No 
remedy whatever had been used. 
“ On arriving at the stable, I found the animal lying on 
the ground, exhausted by the struggle, his head much 
swollen from the blows he had inflicted during these se¬ 
vere paroxysms; he was perfectly insensible, pulse hur¬ 
ried and irregular, extremities cold, and every appearance 
of a speedy dissolution. Dr. Smith feeling assured that 
any means in his power would be unavailing, determined 
as a mere experiment, to try homeopathia, not dreaming 
of the least success. Accordingly four doses of Bella¬ 
donna, 12th dilution, were administered. One was giv¬ 
en at 4 p. m. another at 10 p. m. In two hours after giv¬ 
ing the first powders the horse rose upon his feet, showed 
no signs of delirium, and appeal'd evidently relieved! 
Still a disposition to coma. On making'my visit the fol¬ 
lowing morning, I was astonished to find the horse stand¬ 
ing perfectly quiet, having evinced no signs of delirium 
during the night, pulse rather oppressed and slow, dispo¬ 
sition to coma, but showed evident signs of returning 
sensibility. At 8"a. m. gave the third powder, which, 
like the others, produced a marked change. At 6 p. m. 
much better, appetite slowly returning, conscious of eve¬ 
ry thing going on around, pulse more full and regular, 
occasionally evincing a disposition to become comatose. 
Gave the fourth powder. On the next evening gave one, 
succeeded on the following morning by another. The 
symptoms of the disease had now become so favorable as 
to induce me to omit the medicine 48 hours, at the end of 
which time he relapsed into his former comatose state, 
without, however, any sign of delirium. Four doses of 
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Belladonna, administered at intervals of twelve hours, 
now perfected the cure. 
“ For the contusions on the head, tincture of aznica 
was applied with success.” 
I think no one can read this account of the successful 
ful treatment of a disorder, which is generally deem¬ 
ed incurable, by means so simple and speedy, without 
being satisfied that a new and brilliant light has dawned 
on the paths of medicine. The pages of the foreign 
journals teem with accounts similar to the above, and in 
our own country the triumphs of veterinary homeopathia 
have been equally splendid and decisive. I have now be¬ 
fore me a case in which lethargy was cured. Another, 
of one that had been poisoned with arsenic; another of 
acute Laryngitis, &c. If the terrible epidemic now 
raging among the cattle of Europe, should ever be trans¬ 
planted to our shores, I have not the shadow of a doubt 
but that it will be speedily and effectually arrested by 
homeopathic remedies, and thus add another leaf to the 
chaplet which encircles the brows of the venerable foun¬ 
der of the system. Yours, &c. N. N. D. 
Stockport, 1 1th mo. 13, 1841. 
RELIEVING CHOKED CATTLE. 
Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker —Having seen in the 
October number of the Cultivator for 1841, an article from 
the pen of David F. Lott of this state, on the subject of 
choked cattle, I wish to give you my remedy for that dif¬ 
ficulty. Last spring one of my milch cows fed on tur- 
neps was discovered to be choked, and on examination, 
we found thgt a large and somewhat long piece of ruta 
baga had lodged about half way down the throat. To 
relieve her the cow was cast, a small device was put in 
her mouth, and several young lads from It) to 15 years 
of age were urged to put their hands down her throat 
and endeavor to remove the root. They refused; seeing 
the cow must soon die, my wife—it was one of her fa¬ 
vorite cows—passed her arm down to the shoulder, and 
drew forth the obstruction, not, however, without having 
her arm much bruised either by the teeth of the animal 
or the iron. 
I immediately set about devising some easier, and yet 
safe way of relieving cows or other cattle similarly 
choked. I went to work and made what I shall call a 
piston, for freeing the throat of cattle from substances 
that may lodge in them. I made a rod of tough white odk 
—I should prefer hickory—three feet in length, with a 
knob on one end 1 l-'S inch in diameter; the end made 
hollowing, while the other was of the same size for a 
handle. The middle part was worked down to five- 
eighths of an inch, so that it might be flexible, or spring, 
in case the animal should struggle. The following sketch 
will give an idea of the piston. 
I made, and placed my implement in my garret, and 
in a short time I had an opportunity of testing its merits. 
A poor man, a neighbor, had his cow choked with a po¬ 
tato, and when I learned her condition, those who had 
endeavored to relieve her had left her and gone home, 
satisfied she must die. On my arrival the cow was much 
swelled, and breathed only with the greatest difficulty. 
The owner held her by one horn and the nose, while I 
took the under jaw in one hand, and with the other passed 
the piston gently down, shoving the potato about six 
inches, then drew out the rod carefully, and the cow walk¬ 
away and began to graze. The whole was done in less 
than half a minute. The piston should be well oiled 
before using, and every owner of cattle would do well to 
have such a rod made against the time of need. 
Jacob Vreeland. 
Hudson county, N. J. Nov. 1841. 
REMEDIES FOR HOOF AIL. 
We have two communications on the subject of the 
disease in calves, described by Mr. Merrick, p. 176, vol. 
8 ; one from Mr. S. Rowley, of Apulia, Onondaga co., 
who says: “I cannot give the specific cause of the 
complaint, but rather impute it to the dry, warm season, 
producing so much heat as to cause inflammation and 
stagnation. My advice to Mr. Merrick is, to bleed the 
remaining calves. If it had been done in the fore part 
of the fall, it would, probably, have done greater ser¬ 
vice to them. As it regards hoof ail in sheep, I know 
of no better remedy than to pare all the sound and un¬ 
sound feet in the flock; then wash them all (i. e. the 
feet) in a strong solution of blue vitriol. A few appli¬ 
cations will effect a cure, if well done. This disease 
made bad work in my flock, a few years ago, yet I 
effected a perfect cure in all cases where I applied the 
solution. For cattle, I used spirits turpentine and sul¬ 
phur, with success.” 
“An Agriculturist,” of West Stockbridge, Mass., 
says: “ Having witnessed a number of cases of disease 
among cattle, precisely resembling the one described 
by your correspondent, and having, in almost every 
case, successfully applied a remedy, I venture in part 
to respond to your call for information. Of its nature 
and cause, I will say nothing further than that I do not 
consider it in the least degree contagious, and that cattle 
of the age and in the condition of those described by 
Mr. M., are most exposed to its ravages, although I 
have witnessed its attack upon cattle of almost all ages. 
The first symptoms of the disease are lameness, when 
walking, and an almost incessant motion of the limb 
affected, when standing. The remedy which I have 
applied, and which I can, with the fullest confidence, 
recommend to the public, is, to make an incision with a 
knife in the center of the back part of the foot of the 
limb affected, between the dew-claw and the hoof. The 
cutting must necessarily be lengthwise of the foot, to 
avoid injury to the supports of the limb. This is to be 
followed by a rubbing of the limb downward until at 
least a few drops of blood are produced from the wound, 
when the animal will soon become quiet, -and a perfect 
restoration will be the result.” 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. 
Communications received last month, from A. of the 
North, D. B. C., L. Durand, Frock & Browsers, George 
Hentig, D. J. Curtis, M., Thos. Hunt, Rusticus, Jr., L. 
A. Morrell, Richmond, J. J. Thomas, An Agriculturist, 
Za. Drummond, Levi Lewis, James Wilson, C. N. Be- 
ment, H. D. Grove, J. B. D., John Martin, A. P. Peck, 
W. F. Cowan, E. Marks, R. North, Jr., J. R. Moser, N. 
W. L., A Farmer of Cayuga Co., J. B. Tillinghast, R. 
Harmon, Jr., B. Hodge, L. B. Langworthy,Wm. Ingell, 
John A. Jones. 
The communication of R. Falconer should have been 
acknowledged last month. It will appear in our next. 
Correction. —In the communication of J. B. D., p. 
195, vol. 8, the last line but one, should have been placed 
two lines above. 
Review of the Market —Owing to the derange¬ 
ment of the mails on account of the storm, we have not 
received from our New-York correspondent the Review 
of the Market for the last month. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
Introductory Notices, &c.—N. Y. S. Ag. Society—Great ) 
Yield of Corn—Domestic Fowls in Winter,. y 
State of Agriculture in Normandy—Feet Sugar—Bok -1 
kara Clover—Rich Milk—Flemish Winter Barley—New ! 
Method of Working Four Horses—Extraordinary Fe- ( 
cundity in Ewes,.j 
Notices of the Agricultural Societies of New Jersey, 
South Carolina, Onondaga, N. Y., Hartford, Conn 
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Winnebago, 111., and Lake, O., 
Trials of Plows—Ag. Journals—Wine in the West—The 
Farmer’s Encyclopedia—Mr. Ellsworth’s Appendix, 
No. 2,. 
Work for the Month—U S. Ag. Society—Sales of Stock— 
Silk Business at Auburn,. 
Manufacture of Urate—Diking Marshes—Wells—Spay, 
ing—Pearl and Commentator—Culture of Barley—The 
Pursue p, . 
Dictionary of Agricultural Terms,. 
Farm Gates and Implements—Beautiful Correspondence ) 
between Theory and Practice,. y 
Dr. Pool’s Premium Bull—Burning Turf—Feeding Apples ) 
to Stock,. .. y 
Varieties of Indian Corn—Conkling’s Press Harrow-- > 
Culture of Millet at the South—Culture of Potatoes, y 
South Down Sheep—The Canada Thistle—Salmagundi, 
No. 3—Mr. Cooper’s Premium Horse, Messenger,. 
Agricultural Thermometer,. 
Stabling Horses—New Use of Oil Cake—Sale of Sheep—j 
Treatment of Calves—Elevation of Agriculture—Berk- ' 
shire Pigs—Bakewell Potatoes—Plowing at Syracuse— 
Sugar Beet,. 
The Garden and the Orchard—Slugs in Cherry and Pear 
Trees,. 
The Ice Melon—New Vegetable—Preparation of Hams— ) 
Extracting Grease Spots—The Bed Ant—Removing > 
Putty—Cementing China or Glass,.A. ) 
Homeopathic Treatment of Diseases of Animals—Relief? 
of Choked Cattle—Remedies for Hoof Ail, &c.,. y 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Fig. 1—An Improved Farm Gate,. 
Fig. 2—A Single Coulter,. 
Fig. 3, 4—Corn Stalk Cutter,. . 
Fig. 5-—Dr. Pool’s S. H. Bull, “Bernard,”. 
Fig. 6—Mr. Cooper’s Premium Horse, “Messenger,”- 
Fig. 7—Agricultural Thermometer,. 
Fig. S—Plan of a Garden, Lawn, Ac.,. 
Fig. 9—Piston to relieve Choked Cattle,. 
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January, 1842. 
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