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
Balsam copaiba, 1 table-spoonful.
Sirup of garlic, 1 ounce.
Thin gruel, 1 quart.
Give the whole at a dose, and repeat as occasion may require. A second
dose, however, should not be given until twelve hours have elapsed.
Injections must not be overlooked, for several important indications can
be fulfilled by them. (For the different forms, see APPENDIX.)
If the disease has assumed a typhus form, then the indications will
be,--
First. To equalize the circulation and nervous system, and maintain that
equilibrium. This is done by giving the following:--
Powdered African cayenne, 1 tea-spoonful.
" flagroot, 1 table-spoonful.
Skullcap, 1/2 ounce.
Marshmallows, 4 ounces.
Put the whole of the ingredients into a gallon of water; boil for five
minutes; and, when cool, strain; sweeten with a small quantity of honey;
then give a quart every two hours.
The next indication is, to counteract the tendency to putrescence. This
may be done by causing the animal to inhale the fumes of pyroligneous
acid, and by the internal use of bayberry bark. They are both termed
antiseptics. The usual method of generating vapor for inhalation is, by
first covering the animal's head with a horse-cloth, the corners of
which are suffered to fall below the animal's nose, and held by
assistants in such a manner as to prevent, as much as possible, the
escape of the vapor. A hot brick is then to be grasped in a pair of
tongs, and held about a foot beneath the nose. An assistant then pours
the acid, (_very gradually_,) on the brick. Half a pint of acid will be
sufficient for one steaming, provided it be used with discretion; for if
too much is poured on the brick at once, the temperature will be too
rapidly lowered.
In reference to the internal use of bayberry, it may be well to remark,
that it is a powerful astringent and antiseptic, and should always be
combined with relaxing, lubricating medicines. Such are licorice and
slippery elm.
The following may be given as a safe and efficient antiseptic drink:--
Powdered bayberry bark, half a table-spoonful.
" charcoal, 1 table-spoonful.
Slippery elm, 1 ounce.
Boiling water, 1 gallon.
Mix. Give a quart every two hours.
The diet should consist of flour gruel and boiled carrots. Boiled
carrots may be allowed (provided the animal will eat them) during the
whole stage of the malady.
The object of these examples of special practice is to direct the mind
of the farmer at once to something that will answer a given purpose,
without presuming to say that it is the best in the world for that
purpose. The reader will find in our _materia medica_ a number of
articles that will fulfil the same indications just as well.
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