The American Reformed Cattle Doctor / Containing the necessary information for preserving the health and curing the diseases of oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of original recipes, and valuable information in reference to farm and dairy management

by George H. Dadd

RED WATER.

This is nothing more nor less than a symptom of deranged function. The cure consists in restoring healthy action to all parts of the animal organization. For example, high-colored urine shows that there is too much action on the internal surfaces, and too little on the external. This at once points to the propriety of keeping the sheep in a warm situation, in order to invite action to the skin.

Compound for Red Water.

Powdered slippery elm,	1 ounce.
Powdered pleurisy root,	1 ounce.
Powdered poplar bark,	1 ounce.
Indian meal,	1 pound.

Mix. To be divided into ten parts, one of which may be given every morning.

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CACHEXY,[16] OR GENERAL DEBILITY.

Indications of Cure.—First. To build up and promote the living integrity by a generous diet, one or more of the following articles may be scalded and given three times a day: carrots, parsnips, linseed, corn meal, &c.

Secondly. To remove morbific materials from the system, and restore the lost functions, one of the following powders may be given, night and morning, in the fodder:—

Powdered balmony, (snakehead,)	1 ounce.
Powdered marshmallows,	1 ounce.
Powdered common salt,	1 table-spoonful.
Linseed meal,	1 pound.

Mix. Divide into ten powders.

FOOTNOTES:

[16] It implies a vitiated state of the solids and fluids.

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