Plain directions for the treatment of the common disorders to which horses, cattle, and sheep are subject, with general rules for their management / by Thomas P. Gostling.

  • Gostling, Thomas P.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Credit: Plain directions for the treatment of the common disorders to which horses, cattle, and sheep are subject, with general rules for their management / by Thomas P. Gostling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bloody Murrain, or Red or Black Water. it is necessary to distinguish between this disease and Inflam¬ mation of the Kidneys. The symptoms of Inflammation of the: Kidneys are Tenderness of the Loins, Difficult Staling, with High- coloured or Bloody Urine, dec. Black Water, being a disease of the digestive organs, may be: successfully treated with Gostling’s Condition Balls. The symptoms preceding Red Water are generally Diarrhoea, withe Loss of Appetite, Languor, Dulness, Loss of Cud, followed by Constipation of the Bowels, the urine turns a reddish brown,, and afterwards black. It sometimes appears as an Epidemic,, and is common in Cows a few weeks after calving. It should be promptly attended to, as in the latter stage it is: very dangerous and rarely curable. As soon as any of the first symptoms are perceived, a dose (ai Ball and half) of Condition Balls should be given, and the dose repeated every second or third night until the animal is better., If these symptoms should continue, and Red W^ater is made, the Balls should be continued in the following manner :— Dissolve three-quarters of a Condition Ball in a quart ofl gruel, add 2 ozs. Common Salt J oz. Saltpetre Two tablespoonfuls of Linseed Oil. This should be given every evening, and the beasts kept well supplied with good wholesome food. For the Epidemic Mouth and Foot Disease (Blain). One Condition Ball every or every other day, dissolved in milk and linseed oil. The mouth should be washed clean three or four times a day with Solution of Chloride of Lime (half-a- pound of Chloride of Lime to half a pail of soft water), and the feet should be rubbed night and morning with dry Chloride of Lime. It is also desirable to dissolve in each pail of water which is given to the beast to drink, two ounces of Hyposulphite of Soda. In this disease this treatment will be found re¬ markably successful.