REMEDY FOR ENTERITIS — DIARRHEA. 107 



attempts to eat; breathing tranquil, but breath more or 

 less fetid ; pulse imperceptible ; cold, clammy sweat ; tre- 

 mor from head to foot; ears, legs, mouth deadly cold; 

 little dung has passed. Convulsions return. Death. 



Sometimes the symptoms at first are comparatively mild. 

 They indicate mechanical obstruction perhaps. 



Remedy. — Morphine and atrophine hypodermically at 

 intervals of 2 hours for bloody effusion. Ergotin has been 

 conjoined with these with view of contracting blood ves- 

 sels. Half dram each of opium, belladonna extract, and 

 camphor in pint of gruel every 2 hours. Where heart 

 action is violent, 10 to 15 minims B. P. tincture aconite 

 may be added. Bleeding sometimes useful in early stages 

 in vigorous subjects. No purging. Laxative injections. 

 From the first apply rugs wrung out of hot water around 

 trunk for 2 hours. Then rub belly with soap liniment 

 and opium (opium in liniment). 



Enteritis is not as sudden in other animals as in the 

 horse, nor so rapidly fatal. Bleed robust subjects. Few 

 doses of aconite, or oil and calomel. Hot fomentations, 

 mustard, and soap liniment. For doses, see pages 13 to 29. 



DIARRHEA 



May be independent, or it may be the result of some 

 other disorder. When independent, it is simply an effort 

 of nature to rid itself of unhealthy matter. This is well, 

 even if it is caused by green food. But it must not go 

 too far, for diarrhea may be followed by dysentery. Long 

 continuance in cold, wet, rank pastures sometimes has 

 this result. 



Diarrhea may result from increased peristaltic (worm- 

 like) action of the bowels, congestion or inflammation of 

 their mucous membrane, disorder of the liver, mesenteric 

 glands, intestinal worms, &c. Too much cold water just 

 before work, or during work, is bad. Some waters seem 

 to possess diarrheal properties, 



