730 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



impure water ; or any irritant in the food, as irritating vegetables, 

 or sand on the grass or hay. If diarrhea is not checked in time, 

 it may terminate in inflammation of the bowels. 



TREATMENT. All that is required in many cases, is to change 

 the food ; but medicine is sometimes necessary. First ascertain 

 the cause, if possible, and remove it. If the cause should be 

 sand or clay, giving a medicine to stop the diarrhea would be 

 very injurious until such foreign matters are removed from the 

 bowels. In such a case, first give a slight physic, as, 



Take Raw Linseed Oil, 1 pint. 



Laudanum, ....... ^ ounce. 



Mix, and give at one dose. Or 



Take Aloes, powdered, ..... 2 drams. 



Gentian, powdered, ..... 2 drams. 

 Ginger, powdered, ..... 2 drams. 



Mix, and give at one dose in a pint of warm water. But 

 after the diarrhea has continued of itself for some time, the above 

 may not be necessary ; and when the bowels have acted pretty 

 freely, either with or without physic, it becomes necessary to 

 check it. 



Take Catechu, powdered, ..... 4 drams. 

 Gentian, powdered, ..... 2 drams. 



Ginger, powdered, ..... 2 drams. 



Mix, and give at one dose in tepid water. If not relieved 

 in twelve hours, repeat the dose. Or, instead of the above, you 

 may use this : 



Take Turpentine, ...... 1 ounce. 



Opium, powdered, ..... 1 dram. 



Mix with three eggs and give at one dose. Wheat-flour will 

 cure some mild cases. If it is caused by an over-dose of 

 physic, give opium, powdered, 1 dram in tepid water, and re- 

 peat in four or five hours. Never resort to strong medicines at 

 first, always give time for any irritants to be passed from the 

 bowels, and then resort to treatment. 



Enteritis Inflammation of the Bowels. This is a 

 very fatal disease. It is an inflammation of the intestines ; 



