The cattle plague : with official reports of the International veterinary congresses, held in Hamburg, 1863, and in Vienna, 1865 / by John Gamgee.

  • International Veterinary Congress (2nd :, 1865 : Vienna Austria)
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1866
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Credit: The cattle plague : with official reports of the International veterinary congresses, held in Hamburg, 1863, and in Vienna, 1865 / by John Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    An M.D. in The Times of the 6th September recommended the following prescription:— Chlorate of Potash ] Common Salt \ Of each . . . . 1 oz. Nitre ' Dissolve them in a pint of hot water in which an ounce of dilute hydrochloric acid has been mixed, and administer in a sufficient quantity of their gruel for a dose. Mr. Moffat's pre- scription published in the columns of The Field consists of— Chlorate of Potash 3 dr. Tartar Emetic 5 gr. Carbonate of Iron 15 gr-. Mr. Crotch, M.A., recommended, on the 6th of November, the injection of various antiseptic and parasiticide salts into the circulation of the veins, and the hyposulphite of soda, the per- manganate of potash, or the perchlorate of soda, are said to be well adapted to this purpose. Dr. Carr of Blackheath, writing to The Times on the 12th of October, spoke of a dozen cows cured by removing the diseased cattle from the shed and tethering them in a shaded spot in the field, administering warm drinks of gruel or linseed tea, with aromatic seeds (fennel or caraway), an astringent, if diarrhoea be urgent, and blistering the throat. The mouth is frequently washed with strong vinegar and water; and vinegar is also administered to the extent of a pint or more daily. Mr. Wilson of Croydon, on the 26th of October, wrote to The Tirn.es regarding the cura- tive effects of a pint of fresh yeast in a pint of beer given in two quarts of gruel three times a day. Electricity, the electro voltaic pile, the actual cautery, cod-liver oil balls, bleeding to fainting and giving a bottlo of brandy to revive, calomel and fumigation with mercurial vapour, and prescrip- i