REMEDIES FOR SCOURS.
An Ame.ican contemporary fives the following rcu.e lies for mmiiis in valve-: 1. A lablvsponuful of -.1 ’t , ii--d-.<d in a «'i:u- glass of vim-fir; repeat if necessary. ami V'.V'j tile cal' cs plenty of ex-r.-i-e ; lh,- general cause is too new milk. 2. I’lacc common starch well lack in tile mouth, holding the ham! over the month to prevent the calf from ejecting it. or the starch may !>e first dissolved.
3. A large handful of cranesbill root steeped in water and given in milk. 4. A raw hen’s egg dropped in the Cilvc's mouth, or strong hardback tea. 5. Very highly reeomemled is a dose of astringent tea made from white oak bark, given in milk for a few meals, will arrest the trouble.
C. A pint of strong coffee is recommended as being as good as the raw ground coffee.
7. Feed twice a day a mixture of four drachms of powdered chalk, two drachms cf sub-nitrate of bismuth, and three drachms of powdered opium. S. A teaspoonfnl of allspice, more or less, which may have to be repeated.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2391, 5 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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185REMEDIES FOR SCOURS. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2391, 5 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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