The Farmer's Own Book: A treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse: with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued; also a treatise on the diseases of horned cattleKoogle, J. D.
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The Farmer's Own Book: A treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse: with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued; also a treatise on the diseases of horned cattle
The chief purgative Medicines for neat Cattle are Glauber Salts, Epsom
Salts, Barbadoes aloes, Linseed Oil and Sulphur. In some extreme cases
the Croton Nut, freshly prepared may be used with decided advantage.
Aloes are getting into disuse, on account of it nauseating and exciting
the Animal; if it does not operate immediately, half an ounce of aloes
may be added to the salts with decided advantage. In particular diseases
where there is considerable fever, or the attack of fever is apprehended,
there is no purgative so beneficial as the Epsom Salts; in bad cases
twenty four ounces may be given at a dose, and eight ounces of sulphur
every six hours, until the purgative effect is produced. Linseed Oil is a
good purgative, the dose is from a pint to a pint and a half. Common Salt
is a very good purgative in mild cases, a pound dissolved in warm water
is a dose; it should not be given when the animal labors with fever.
ON SETONING.
The utility of setoning is to create excitement and unload the overloaded
vessels in neighboring inflamed parts. The mode of inserting a seton,
it is commonly made of horse hair platted together, cord or tape alone
or leather, it should be tolerable thick and ten or twelve inches in
length. Before inserting the seton it should be dipped or saturated with
Turpentine, tincture of Cantharides, or Helebore. The seton now prepared;
an assistant is to hold the animal, while the seton needle with the cord
affixed to it is plunged into the upper edge of the brisket or dew lap,
and brought out again towards its lower edge. The space between the two
openings should be from four to eight inches; the seton is to be secured
by fastening a small piece of wood, or tying a large knot at either end
of the cord; matter will begin to run the second day, and after that the
cord should be drawn backwards and forwards two or three times a day, in
order to irritate the parts, by this means increase the discharge. Where
a considerable effect is intended to be produced, the black helebore is
the best, this will very quickly cause considerable swelling, as well as
a discharge.
COLDS AND COUGHS.
Colds or Coughs are frequently much neglected, and very much injures the
animal, let this hint suffice, as soon as you perceive the animal to have
the cough, give a purging drink. Take epsom salts 1 lb., powdered caraway
seeds ½ oz., dissolve in a quart of warm gruel. After that use the cough
and fever drink until relieved twice a day.
Cough and fever medicine.--Take emetic tartar 1 oz., powdered digitalis ½
drachm, saltpetre 3 drachms, mix and give in a quart of gruel; house the
beast and keep it comfortable, especially at night, do not expose to cold
and wet weather.
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