250 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



Fourth Period, or that of Decline. 



At this stage of the disease, in which 

 adynamia predominates, everything must tend 

 to support the organism. The drinks must 

 be bitter and stimulating; beer, with plenty 

 of hops in it, with an addition of powdered 

 Peruvian bark or sulphate of iron, may be 

 given; or a decoction of this bark, with 

 gentian roots, centaury leaves, and hops ; or 

 again, a beverage may be administered night 

 and morning, made of veterinary theriacum, 

 of extract of juniper and alcohol ; or finally, 

 an infusion of aromatic plants. 



If the diarrhrea be bloody and fetid, give 

 the animal night and morning a clyster, con- 

 sisting of a decoction of Jesuit's bark, adding 

 thereto a spoonful of powdered wood charcoal, 

 pounded to the finest powder, and passed care- 

 fully through a sieve. If the running ceases, 

 its return must be excited by injecting in the 

 nostrils a spoonful of sternutatory vinegar or 

 smelling salts. Finally, the purulent boils 

 must be opened, and dressed with stimulating 

 ointment. 



