[159] 



stomach will neutralize it, and the relief is immediate. 

 Spirits of ammonia, a teaspoon fill in one-half pint of water, 

 given with a horn or bottle as a drench will be effective. It 

 should be followed up with a dose of Epsom salts, to carry 

 off the offending substance. Carbonate of soda, such as is 

 used for making biscuits, will answer if ammonia cannot be 

 procured. A tablespoonful every half hour, until relieved, 

 should be given either in water or let the tongue be pulled 

 out and the soda emptied on its root. The withdrawal of 

 the tongue into the mouth will carry the medicine down 

 the throat. A bolus of lime and flour mixed and greased 

 with lard, and pushed down the throat, is also effective. 

 Chloroform and laudanum in equal quantities, a half tea- 

 spoonful each every hour or two will also oftentimes give 

 relief. Sometimes, however, the swelling has progressed so 

 far that medicine fails to give any relief. Then as a. dernier 

 resort the side must be punctured with a trochar, such as 

 surgeons use in dropsy. Every doctor has one. This will 

 prevent the escape of the contents of the stomach into the 

 cavity of the abdomen, producing thereby inflammation of 

 the bowels, or rather peritonitis. This will permit the gas 

 to escape, and then the saline medicines should be adminis- 

 tered to prevent its re-formation. 



The intestines of a sheep are very long, being twenty- 

 eight times longer than its body, while those of man are only 

 five times longer. In their great length there is room for 

 many diseases, conspicuous among which the 



TAPE- WORM 



is most common. They contract this disease by swallowing 

 along with grass the eggs that have been voided by animals 

 of various kinds infested with them, especially the dog. 

 Sheep dying from worms are found after death to have the 

 bowels packed full of them as if stuffed. The symptoms 

 are variable, appetite sometimes being voracious, and again 



