Gruel, 1 quart.
Powdered licorice, 1 ounce.
Composition, half a tea-spoonful.
Give this at a dose, and repeat two or three times during the
twenty-four hours. A drink of any warm aromatic tea, _such as
pennyroyal, hyssop, catnip or aniseed will have a good effect_. The diet
should consist of scalded meal, boiled carrots, flaxseed, or any
substance that is light and easy of digestion. Should the discharge
increase and the eyelids swell, recourse must be had to vapor, which may
be raised by pouring vinegar on a hot brick; the latter held, with a
pair of tongs, beneath the animal's nose, at the same time covering the
head with a blanket. A small quantity of bayberry bark may occasionally
be blown up the nostrils from a quill. It is very important, during the
treatment, that the animal be in a warm situation, with a good bed of
straw to rest on. If the glands under the jaw enlarge, the following
mixture should be rubbed about the throat:--
Neat's foot oil, 4 ounces.
Hot drops, 2 ounces.
Vinegar, 1 gill.
If the disease assumes a chronic form, and the animal is evidently
losing flesh, then give the following:--
Golden seal, powdered, 1 table-spoonful.
Caraway seeds, " 1 "
Divide into three parts; which may be given daily, (in thin gruel,)
until the animal is convalescent.