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Hot applications may be made to the bowels and will prove grateful to 

 tbe sufferer. If vomiting occurs at intervals and the medicine is not 

 retained, twice the quantity given by the mouth should be injected into 

 the rectum and held there for a time by pressure over the anus. If the 

 restlessness of the animal makes this effort ineffectual, a subcutaneous 

 injection of one eighth of a gram of morphine should be administered. 



If a chemist is within easy distance instead of paregoric or laudanum, 

 have the following prepared.— 



R Chloroform! 3 ss 



Elixir Mc. Munn's 3 iss 



Ext. Pruni Virg. Fid. ad. §iv 



Ft. Mist. Sig. Dose one teaspoonful in a little water every half hour 

 until the pain ceases. 



The causative treatment, having for its object the removal of the different 

 causes, should be commenced as speedily as possible. A free injection of 

 warm soap-suds should be given to invite a movement of the bowels by 

 exciting intestinal activity. 



As soon as possible after the pain has been subdued a tablespoonful of 

 castor oil should be administered and the discharges watched for, to deter- . 

 mine the cause occasioning the attack. If attributable to coarse indigestible 

 nutriments, a diarrhoea will pi*obably follow, yielding readily to proper 

 dietetic restrictions. 



One fact will be observed and surprise will be felt at the amount of opi- 

 ates some dogs will bear without visible effect. 



Following an attack, the diet should be restricted and the same treatment 

 instituted as advised in Indigestion. 



