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gm.) and birds (0.2 for chickens, 0.05 for pigeons). Like castor 

 oil, calomel must be given in one full dose. Neutral salts (sul- 

 phate of magnesium and sodium) are also serviceable (horses 

 250-500 gm. as an electuary, cattle 500-1000 gm, as an infusion; 

 sheep and goats 50-100 gm. as an infusion, hogs 25-50 gm. as an 

 electuary, dogs 10-25 gm. in solution ; cats, rabbits, fowl, 1-5 gm. 

 in solution). Stronger purgatives should be avoided. The con- 

 tents of the posterior portion of the intestinal tract are re- 

 moved more properly by infusions, into the rectum, with luke- 

 warm water allowed to run in under moderate pressure. 



Other therapeutic methods are indicated comparatively 

 rarely, viz., when the diarrhea persists in spite of the regulation 

 of diet and of elimination. It would, however, be an error to use 

 anti-diarrheal drugs at once upon the appearance of diarrhea. If 

 diarrhea persists narcotics like opium are indicated (for horses 

 5-20 gm., cattle 10-25 gm., calves, foals, sheep and goats 1-3 gm., 

 dogs 0.1.0.5 g-m., cats 0.05-0.2 gm., rabbits and birds 0.05-0,1 gm.), 

 tincture of opium about 10 times the above doses of opium (pow- 

 dered) ; both may be used in the form of suppositories or clys- 

 mata. When the symptoms are particularly violent the subcu- 

 taneous use of morphia may be indicated, although only in 

 horses (0.3-0.6 gm.) and dogs (0.02-0.15 gm.). Of the numerous 

 astringents the following are most commonly used : oak bark (25- 

 50 gm. for horses and cattle, 5-10 gin. for foals, calves, sheep and 

 goats, 5-10 gm. for dogs and cats, 0.5-1,0 gm. for rabbits and birds 

 in the shape of a decoction, and electuary or as pills; tannin 

 (horses 5-15 gm., cattle 10-25 gm., calves, foals, sheep and goats 

 2-5 gm., hogs 1-2 gm., dogs 0.1-0.5 gm., cats and rabbits 0.05-0.2 

 gm., fowls 0.01-0.05 gm.); further, tannalbumin veterinarium 

 (6-30 gm. for large, 2-5 gm. for medium-sized, and 0.1-0,5-2 gm. 

 for smaller animals) ; tannoform (the same doses), tannigen (the 

 same doses), tannalbuminate-salicylate (the same doses). These 

 preparations are all expensive, hence they can be employed 

 usually only in small animals. Other astringents which might 

 be mentioned are Cortex Chinae (for dogs 2-5 gm. as a decoc- 

 tion), bismuthum subnitricum (for horses 5-15 gm., cattle 10-25 

 gm., hogs 2-5 gm., dogs 0.5-1 gm.), bismuthum subgallicum 

 (dermatol, the same doses), bismuthum tribromphenylicum 

 (xeroform, the same doses), tannismut or bismuthum bitan- 

 nicum (according to Gottschalk, for horses and cattle 15-30 gm., 

 for dogs 2-6 gm.). 



The action of disinfecting means appears prol)lematical, 

 especially in the long intestinal tract of herbivora and hogs. 

 The best disinfection of the gastro-intestinal tract is accom- 

 plished by a thorough evacuation of the contents of stomach and 

 intestines. The following drugs, however, are much used: res- 

 orcin (10-15.0 gm.,or for small animals 0.5-1.0 gm.),lysol (10-20.0 

 or 1-2.0 gm,), creolin (the same doses), creosote (5,0-10 gm. or 

 0,1-0.2 gm.), napththalin (10-15,0 or 0.05-0,2 gm.). Especially 

 good results have been reported with the use of creolin. 



