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THE DISEASES OF THE HOUSE. 



Chloroform, chlorodyne, with opium, relieve tenesmus 

 (inability to dung). Opium as anodyne — by mouth, in- 

 jection, and suppository. (For doses, see pages 13 to 29.) 



VETERINARY a 



HOLLOW SUPPOSITORIES. - c 



Fig. 22. Suppository. One of these Suppositories, filled with wet tobacco, 

 and inserted in the rectum, will usually cure colic in a few minutes. The 

 same treatment will destroy ' pin worms ' in horses, say Reynders & Co. 



CONSTIPATION 



May exist independently or be the result of a disease 

 or a combination of diseases. The independent form, 

 which is rarely dangerous, is usually the result of lack of 

 bowel motion, fluid material, green or soft food, &c. 



Symptoms. — Weakness; disturbed appetite ; hair long; 

 skin dry ; legs disposed to swell ; often pot-bellied ; pulse 

 sometimes small, weak, and perhaps accelerated ; mouth 

 fetid ; mucous membranes and tongue soapy ; in bad cases 

 lips and gums may be covered with dark, pus-and-blood- 

 like matter, &c. 



Remedy. — Laxative diet, diluents, salines, regular ex- 

 ercise. Moderate purgatives, especially in liver disorder ; 

 laxative clysters. Aloes, oils, calomel, small doses Epsom 

 salt for horses. Epsom salt, croton, gamboge, calomel 

 for cattle. Gentian, quinine and other tonics for debili- 

 tated. Oil of turpentine by mouth and rectum for flat- 

 ulence. Soap suppository in young animals. Nux vomica, 

 belladonna, physostygmine in chronic cases. Electricity 

 and ergot give tone. 



Where stones or twisted intestines cause the obstruction, 



