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Astringents for Diarrhoea. 



Ball. 

 Powdered galls, four drachms. 

 Powdered catechu, two drachms. 

 Powdered opium, one drachm. 



Ginger and treacle, a sufficient quantity to make a ball. 

 The ball may be given twice or tlirice daily. 



Ball 

 Sulphate of iron, two drachms. 

 Powdered galls, two drachms. 

 Powdered catechu, one drachm. 

 Powdered opium, one drachm. 

 Treacle, a sufficient quantity. 

 This ball may be given twice or thrice daily. 



Azoturia. 



This name is given to that condition of an animal in 

 which there is an excess of the nitrogenous constituents of 

 the urine. To the opposite condition, in which there is a 

 deficiency of those substances, the term ' Anazoturia' has 

 been assigned. Azoturia is due to an accumulation of urea 

 in the blood, and this may be partly the consequence of 

 increased production, and partly due to diminished elimina- 

 tion. The condition, when severe, is characterized by 

 tonic or clonic spasm of the large muscles of the posterior 

 part of the body and limbs, and by the excretion of 

 nitrogenous dark urine of high specific gravity. A purgative 

 should be given, e.g., a full dose of aloes, and enemas 

 administered. Tincture of jaborandi, together with liq. 

 amm. acet., may be very valuable. 



If there be much fever, solution of acetate of ammonium 



