Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-10-08

EoovE IN CATTLE-The fJ'o wing remarks
o. the cure Of hoove, or the swelling Of the
s'omachs Of cattle, caused generally by clover.
are IRON a communication Of Dr.. YandelI, in
the Tennessee Agricultufist. The disease
may he aVolded by sowing a due quantity of
orchard grass, or timothy, with The clover
and cattle, when running in clover, shou!d al
waVs have free access to salt and ashes:
" The remedy 10 bo administered in the first
period, when the animal seems in danger, and
which every farmer should keep on hand, il
chloride Of lime. Two drach1ns Of This sub.
stance, dissolved in two quarts Of water, arc
tn be injected into the paunch, by means of
the stomach pump, or, in default of this in
strumenf. TO re poured down the throat of the
animal, in az full a stream az possible. It is
desirable that it should go down with somc
force, since, owing to the peculiar ANATOMY of
the cows stomach, fluids trick1ine down arc
not apt to enter the paunch. which il the sea,
Of the disease, but pass directly into The fourth
stomach, where tie chloride would 10 Of but
little avail. The gas generated BY the fer
menfation Of food has been ascertaiued To he
hydrogen varjously combined, and the affinity
Of chlorine for this gas is such, that it sub.
verts the constitution Of it's conpoupds. and
reduces the gases to a liquid state. This ia
the theory OF it's action the fact rests ON the
experience of The best informed and most ar.
curate observers.
But cattle are sometimes found with the
disease SO far advanced, that they must perish
unless instant relief be afforded. In cases
such as this, it is. that g surgical operation ia
resorted to, and is fully justifable, The most
immediate relief being the result. Still il i,
an operation attended with many dangers.
vending the kidney or spleen, inflammation
OF towels and peritoneum, in consequence of
the escape OF some portion of the food into tho
cavity Of the abdomen, &c. and ought not to
De rashly performed. The safest plan for the
operation says the author Of the Treatise on
Cattle is the following: 'supposing a line to
be drawn close along the vertebre, from the
haunch tone to the last rib, and two other lines
OF equal length TO extend down the flank, so
as q form an equllateral triangle, the apex of
the Triangle, or the point where these line.
would meet, would be the proper place for the
oneration, for there is no danger of woundino
either the spleen or the kidney The same
writer also recommends the use Of the frocoy
ian instrument used by surgeons in tanning
for droPsy, OF but trifing cost.) as preferable
TO the knife, since the danger of the contents
OF the stomach finding their way into the ali.
domen is in a measure obviated by the canu-
Ia, which is left to conduct the gas and escap-
ing fluids from the stomach tothe outer eriics.
There can be no doubt that this modification
Is valuable, for the inflammation, induced bv
the acid and rough food coming in contact
with the delicate lining membrane of the alb
domen, has not unirequently caused The death
OF the ANNA! when the owner regarded il an
out of danger. An animal once tloven, rarely
RECEIVERS entirely from The Effects of #, but re-
mains ever after liable to a recurrence of the
disorder. and it is therefore a prudent sugres-
ito Of the writer inst quoted, that, if in good
condition, the beef should be transferred to
the butcher with as little loss OF time az
possible.