REMEDY FOR DIARRHEA. 247 



If the disease is due to increased activity of the liver, 

 whereby a large quantity of bile is discharged into the 

 small intestine, the feces are dark brown in color, watery, 

 and profuse ; if from bad milk or too much milk, they 

 are light colored ; if to blood diseases, they are often 

 black and fetid; if to disorder of the pancreas, they are 

 usually light colored. 



Remedy. — Powdered opium, 2 drams, catechu, 2 drams, 

 galls, 2 drams, prepared chalk, 1 oz., water, 1 pint, twice 

 daily. 



Catechu, 2 drams, camphor, 2 drams, powdered bael 

 fruit, 2 oz., powdered opium, 2 drams, mucilage of starch, 

 1 pint, twice daily. 



For calves : Pepsine, 20 grains, diluted hydrochloric 

 acid, 30 drops, sulphate cinchonine, 7^ grains, water or 

 mucilage of starch, 1 pint, 2 or 3 times daily. 



Diluted sulphuric acid, 30 drops, tincture catechu, 2 

 drams, spirit chloroform, 30 drops, water or mucilage of 

 starch, 1 pint, 3 or 4 times daily. 



Salicylate bismuth in 2-dram doses ; also salicylate iron. 



DYSENTERY, 



Inflammation of the lining membrane of the large in- 



Fio-. 112. Acute Dysentery. 



testines, often follows diarrhea. It may be accompanied 

 bv ulceration. It is either acute or chronic. It is due 



