Every man his own cattle doctor; containing the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all the diseases incident to oxen, sheep, swine, poultry, and rabbits / [Francis Clater].

  • Clater, Francis, 1756-1823
Date:
1836
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Credit: Every man his own cattle doctor; containing the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all the diseases incident to oxen, sheep, swine, poultry, and rabbits / [Francis Clater]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    great. The beast should be bled and physicked, kept moderately warm, and have warm water with bran mashes. CHAP. XII. DIARRHCEA, OR PURGING. Purging is produced by various causes ; by change of food, from dry to green meat, or from short to luxuriant pasture ; by poisonous plants, bad water, or unknown atmospheric agency. It is not always to be regarded as a disease, nor should the farmer be always anxious to stop it. It may be an effort of nature to discharge something that is injurious; it may exist while the beast enjoys almost perfect health, and is even thriving. The farmer will not regard an occasional fit of purging; he will only attack it if it is violent, or if it continues too long. In the first case it indicates some disordered state of the bowels, or the presence of some offending matter in them, and he will en- deavour to remedy this; not, as is too often done, by attempting to arrest the discharge as speedily as he can—not by the exhibition of astringent medi- cine,—but by giving a mild dose of physic, in order to assist Nature in her effort to get rid of some evil. Nothing so much distinguishes the man of good