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June 6, 1857
The Kanzas News
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
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Remedy for bloody murrain in cattle: boil white oak bark in water, add alum and copperas, drench the animal. Optional lard for bowels. From Prairie Farmer, urged for testing in the west.
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Bloody Murrain—A Cure.
Take of white oak bark, newly peeled from the tree, as much as you can easily encompass with the thumbs and fingers of both hands. Boil this in one gallon of water for a short time; then pour the water off, and dissolve in it a lump of alum the size of a hulled walnut, and a lump of copperas of the same size. With this mixture drench the sick animal, and the cure will soon be effected. In only one instance did he have need for any additional remedy, and then, to facilitate the opening of the bowels, he administered a plate of lard.
We hope this remedy will be extensively and thoroughly experimented with in all parts of the country, and the results reported. Murrain is a disease which takes largely from the profits of stock-raising in the west, and as there is no known cure there will be no harm in trying this.—Prairie Farmer.
Take of white oak bark, newly peeled from the tree, as much as you can easily encompass with the thumbs and fingers of both hands. Boil this in one gallon of water for a short time; then pour the water off, and dissolve in it a lump of alum the size of a hulled walnut, and a lump of copperas of the same size. With this mixture drench the sick animal, and the cure will soon be effected. In only one instance did he have need for any additional remedy, and then, to facilitate the opening of the bowels, he administered a plate of lard.
We hope this remedy will be extensively and thoroughly experimented with in all parts of the country, and the results reported. Murrain is a disease which takes largely from the profits of stock-raising in the west, and as there is no known cure there will be no harm in trying this.—Prairie Farmer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
What keywords are associated?
Bloody Murrain
Cattle Cure
Oak Bark Remedy
Alum Copperas
Stock Raising Disease
Where did it happen?
West
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West
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Recipe for curing bloody murrain in animals using boiled white oak bark, alum, and copperas; one case required additional lard. Encouraged for experimentation as no known cure exists.