The farmer's guide, or A treatise on the management of breeding-mares and cows : with a selection of proved prescriptions, for the diseases of horses and black cattle / by James Webb.

  • Webb, Jim, 1943-2024
Date:
1834
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Credit: The farmer's guide, or A treatise on the management of breeding-mares and cows : with a selection of proved prescriptions, for the diseases of horses and black cattle / by James Webb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    for opening the obstructed vessels, and bring- ing the blood to its usual course of circula- tion ; it should be repeated every day, for three successive days ; exercise is necessary, but the animal should be kept particularly warm while taking the medicine. In two days after the sweating doses are giv- en, the fo] lowing purge should be administered, Epsom SaltSj ten ounces. Jallap, two ounces. Salt of Tartar, one ounce. Ginger, in powder, one ounce. The above should be mixed with thin gruel, with three or four table spoon fulls of salt in it, and given milk warm. The animal should be treated as directed for other purges. If any degree of weakness or debility ap- pear in the animal, after the medicine, the following cordial strengthening drink should be given :-— Caraway seeds, in powder, three ounces. Anise-seeds, in do. Peruvian Bark, in do. Ginger, in do. Honey, four ounces. three ounces, one ounce, one ounce.