Powdered snakeroot, 1 ounce.
" slippery elm, 2 ounces.
" fennel seed, half an ounce.
Mix. Half a table-spoonful may be given daily in warm water, or it may
be mixed in the food.
_Another._
Powdered gentian, 1 ounce.
" poplar bark, 2 ounces.
" aniseed, half an ounce.
Mix, and give as above.
If the bowels are inactive, give a wine-glass of linseed oil.
The animal should be kept free from all annoyance by dogs, &c.; for fear
indirectly influences the stomach through the pneumogastric nerves, by
which the secretion of the gastric juice is arrested, and an immediate
check is thus given to the process of digestion. For the same reason,
medicine should always be given in the food, if possible. In cases of
great prostration, accompanied with loss of appetite, much valuable time
would be lost. In such cases, we must have recourse to the bottle.