| Powdered charcoal, | 1 ounce. |
| Powdered bayberry bark, | half an ounce. |
| Powdered pleurisy root, | 1 ounce. |
| Honey, | 1 table-spoonful. |
| Thin gruel, | 1 quart. |
MALIGNANT EPIDEMIC, (Murrain.)
This disease has been more or less destructive from the time of Pharaoh up to the present period. For information on the origin, progress, and termination of this malignant distemper, the reader is referred to Mr. Youatt's work on cattle.
Treatment.—The indications to be fulfilled are, first, to preserve the system from putrescence, which can be done by the use of the following drink:—
| Powdered capsicum, | 1 tea-spoonful. |
| Powdered charcoal, | 2 ounces. |
| Limewater, | 4 ounces. |
| Sulphur, | 1 tea-spoonful. |
Add to the capsicum, charcoal, and sulphur, a small quantity of gruel; lastly, add the lime water. A second and similar dose may be given six hours after the first, provided, however, the symptoms are not so alarming.
The next indication is, to break down the morbid action of the nervous and vascular systems; for which the following may be given freely:—
| Thoroughwort tea, | 2 quarts. |
| Powdered assafœtida, | 2 drachms. |
Aid the action of these remedies by the use of one of the following injections:—
| Powdered lobelia, | 2 ounces. |
| Oil of peppermint, | 2 quarts. |