The farmers' medical dictionary for the diseases of animals / By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq. F.R.S.

  • Cuthbert Johnson
Date:
1845
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Credit: The farmers' medical dictionary for the diseases of animals / By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq. F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Epsom salts, 2 ounces. Linseed oil, 2 ounces. Gruel, four ounces, or sufficient to dissolve the salts, and repeat every three or four hours, till the bowels are well relieved; then give the following fever drink twice a-day:— Tartar emetic, 10 grains. Camphor, 20 grains. Nitre, 2 drachms. Gruel, a wine glass full. BLACK WATER. “The disease commonly called Red Water, Brown Water, Black Water, Moor 111, &c., remarks Mr. R. Thomson, of Auchterarder, “ is most prevalent in old foggy pastures. It is seldom seen in hill pastures, or in new-sown pastures, in which there is abun- dance of clover; but it sometimes hajjpens at the stall, where the animal has no other allow- ance than straw, turnips, and potatoes. It usually makes its appearance after a few days of rain followed by cold dry weather. As the disease appears at times in all situations, it is difficult to trace its cause, which may be the nature of the ])asture, or the state of the weather, or both combined. It attacks every breed and kind of cattle. The first symptom is the ap- pearance of something like blood mixed with the urine. So. trifling is the complaint in some instances, that no inconvenience seems to be felt by the animal, which eats and drinks as usual, chews the cud, and is free of the disease in a few days. In such cases, a natural diarr- hoea comes on, to which the cure may be attri- buted. In general, however, the disease is not observed until the animal refuses food, sepa-
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