This is not always to be considered as a disease, but in many cases it
proves salutary operation of nature; therefore it should not be too
suddenly checked.
We commence the treatment by feeding on boiled meal. We then give
mucilaginous drink made from marshmallows, slippery elm, or poplar bark.
If, at the end of two days, symptoms of amendment have not made their
appearance, the following draught must be given:--
Make a strong infusion of raspberry leaves, to a pint of which add a
tea-spoonful of tincture of capsicum, (hot drops,) and one of charcoal.
To be repeated every morning, until healthy action is established.