The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy managementDadd, George H.
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The American Reformed Cattle Doctor: Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management
Dadd, George H.
Veterinary medicine
Powdered capsicum, 1 tea-spoonful.
" charcoal, 2 ounces.
Lime water, 4 ounces.
Sulphur, 1 tea-spoonful.
Add to the capsicum, charcoal, and sulphur, a small quantity of gruel;
lastly, add the lime water. A second and similar dose may be given six
hours after the first, provided, however, the symptoms are not so
alarming.
The next indication is, to break down the morbid action of the nervous
and vascular systems; for which the following may be given freely:--
Thoroughwort tea, 2 quarts.
Powdered assafoetida, 2 drachms.
Aid the action of these remedies by the use of one of the following
injections:--
Powdered lobelia, 2 ounces.
Oil of peppermint, 20 drops.
Warm water, 2 quarts.
_Another._
Infusion of camomile, 2 quarts.
Common salt, 4 ounces.
In all cases of putrid or malignant fever, efforts should be made to
supply the system with caloric, (by the aid of stimulants,) promote the
secretions, and rid the system of morbific materials.
DIARRHOEA, (LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS.)
In the early stages of this disease, it is not always to be checked. It
is often a salutary operation of nature to rid the system of morbific
materials, and all that we can do with safety is, to sheathe and
lubricate the mucous surfaces, in order to protect them from the acrid
and stimulating properties of the agents to be removed from the
alimentary canal.
When the disease, of which diarrhoea is only a symptom, proceeds from
exposure, apply warmth, moisture, friction, and stimulants to the
external surface, aided by the following lubricant:--
Powdered slippery elm, 1 ounce.
" charcoal, 1 table-spoonful.
Boiling water, 2 quarts.
Common starch, or flour, may be substituted for slippery elm. The
mixture should be given in pint doses, at intervals of two hours. When
the fecal discharges appear more natural and less frequent, a tea of
raspberry leaves or bayberry bark will complete the cure.
When the disease assumes a chronic form, and the animal loses flesh,
the following tonic, stimulating, astringent drink is recommended:--
Infusion of camomile, 1 quart.
Powdered caraway seeds, 1 ounce.
Bayberry, powdered, half an ounce.
Mix for one dose.
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