The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . be checked; but when it is violent it may be heldup with some astringent, as No. , Gallic acid,Gruel, h pint. No. 303. Alum in powder,Milk, quart. When the worst of the attack is over it is well to hastenthe retiu^n to health by mixing a teaspoonful of sulphate ofiron with the food several times a day. Mr. Finlay Dun has found ounce doses of the acid sul--phite of soda, given twice daily, to lower the temperatureand ease the breathing. In the second stage of the diseasehe has also derived decided benefit by giving


The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . be checked; but when it is violent it may be heldup with some astringent, as No. , Gallic acid,Gruel, h pint. No. 303. Alum in powder,Milk, quart. When the worst of the attack is over it is well to hastenthe retiu^n to health by mixing a teaspoonful of sulphate ofiron with the food several times a day. Mr. Finlay Dun has found ounce doses of the acid sul--phite of soda, given twice daily, to lower the temperatureand ease the breathing. In the second stage of the diseasehe has also derived decided benefit by giving, every three orfour hours, one or two ounces of whiskey or of oil of tur-^pentine. For a tonic mixture Mr. Jekyll recommends:— No. 304. Sulphate of copper, 1 part. Water, 4 parts. Dissolve and add solution of ammonia until it begins to precipitate. The dose is half an ounce every six or eight hours, as soon as the feverish symptoms have abated. Prof. John Gamgee, who made an elaborate report on thisdisease to the United States Government, published by the.


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