The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-14
SICK ANIMALS.
A Simple Medicine Which Should Be Given
Them In Spring and Summer.

A simple Medicine Which Should Be Given
Them In Spring and Summer.
The practice of medicine either
among animals or human beings ought
to be much simpler than it is. The
causes of a very large number of dis
eases, or rather symptoms, indeed
much the larger number, are pretty
much the same; and in diagnosing a
case of animal sickness especially if it
is a hOrse-it will be found that it is
about the same as disease in human
beings. The diseases of the horse are
very similar to those of the human
race. Generally disease develops about
as follows: First the stomach fails to
perform its functions properly, and
then the liver, kidneys and bowels be-
come involved. The animals become
''bilious;" the kidneys fail to act and
uric poison develops, poisoning the
blood, and swelled legs, tumOrs and
other symptoms appear. When an an
imal gets out of order it is always adj
visable to critically examine our
method of treatment and especially of
feeding. 1t is scarcely necessary to
saw that nine times out of ten we shall
find without difficulty serious defects.
One great cause of animal diseases in
the United States is feeding too
much corn. As an exclusive diet
corn is fit for feeding no animal
except it is is in process of fattening,
and even then it ought not to be
fed exclusively for any great length of
time. 1t is fattening food. 1t will
not make bone or muscle to any great
extent, and the waste of these must be
al l.
down. It is also Jess digestible than
the bone and muscle-fOrming foods.
such as oats, bran, middlings and oil
meal, for it does not contain the moist
ure that the latter do. All know how
much dryer white bread is than bread
that is made of entire wheat flour.
Now in very much the larger proper
ton of cases of general disease IN an
animal a remedy will be found in a
more scientific diet. That is true of
the horse, of cattle, of swine and of
sheep. AS spring approaches many
find their stock suffering from one all
ment or another. Eruptions appear;
legs are swelled; swellings on various
parts of the body are noticed; the ami
NAL is off its feed. In fact it is in
about the condition that the human be-
ing gets in when in olden times it was
thought spring medicine-mOlasses and
sulphur generally-was a positive ne
| cessity. What is the cause of the diff
| fcultyP Too much dry food, too
much fattening food, too little
| exercise, and possibly the bad air
of improperly ventilated stables,
| through the winter months. The blood
is out of order, and none of the organs
are working properly. If the
horse or horned animal is put on a
/ soft diet, such as mashes, boiled
| oats, roots, etc, and given plenty of
pure air and exercise, it is likely that
| it viii not need medicine at all. If any
4 thing is administered it should be Of
such a character as will aid digestion,
/ tone up the liver and kidneys, purify
the blood and act as tonic to the gem
1 eral system. We viii here give a pre-
/ scriptiOn that viii do all this: Char
coal, gentian, ginger, golden seal, salt
peter, sulphur and May apple root,
half pound each, and cOPperas a quar-
/ ter of a pound. Have all finely pow
dered and mix. Be sure to get fresh
drugs. Give a tablespoonful night and
morning. This is the best general
medicine that was ever given an ami
NAL, and as it aids digestion, purifies
| the blood and assists the liver and kid
news to perform their functions, it is q
| good preventive of disease. It is the
best preventive and cure for what is
| called hog-cholera that has ever been
compounded, though for this purpose,
and whenever worms are suspected in
/ an animal, there ought to be q half
pound of powdered wormseed added.
| Now we mean to say this: If an ami
NAL is sick, give it this medicine. Il
viii do il no harm, but will do it good
on general principles Another thing.
do not expect that cure can be effected
| with one dose of medicine. 1t often re-
I quires weeks and sometimes months OF
treatment 10 cure disease II eSteTn
| Rural