If there is a discharge from the ear, it should be thoroughly washed out by injecting warm soapsuds until all the matter has been washed away; then inject the following mixture twice a day: Sulphate of morphia, 20 grains; water, 1 pint; glycerin, 4 ounces.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
If, for lack of this, from the dry feeding of the cow, or from any other cause, the calf is costive, straining violently without passage, lying down and rising as in colic, and failing in appetite, no time should be lost in giving relief by an ounce dose of castor oil, assisting its action by injections of soapsuds or oil.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Watching him warily, she let the shadow in his eyes linger a moment before she continued: "And then there came into my class a new pupil, poorly clad and ignorant, but so redolent of soapsuds and with such a freshly laundered look that I renewed my inclinations to charity.
"Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley"
Belle K. Maniates