122 THE EQUINE HOSPITAL FORMULARY. 



exhaustion, provided the pulse be strong, bleeding is bene- 

 ficial. Those cases, however, which supervene on various 

 fevers, or those which are due to injury, do not bear deple- 

 tion, and in them tincture of aconite does good. Aloes 

 should be given, and its effect followed up with sulphate of 

 sodium or magnesium. Opium should not be given, and 

 the pain must be relieved by applying woollen cloths wrung 

 out from hot water, or by linseed poultices, over the loins. 

 The fomentations and poultices may contain belladonna or 

 digitalis. The diet should be laxative, and consist of 

 linseed, oatmeal gruel, and bran mashes. After the acute 

 symptoms give salts of iron and vegetable tonics. 



Draught (every six hours). 



R. Tincture of belladonna, f. gss. 

 Acetate of potassium, gi. 

 Tincture of aconite (V.P.), ni^xx. 

 Liq. amnion, acet., f. 5ii. 

 Water to make about f. ^viii. 



Obstruction of the Bowels. — See Purgatives. 



(Esophagus, Inflammation of the. 



Give linseed gruel with a little tincture of opium, and 

 apply hot-water fomentations and liniments. Stricture 

 may follow severe inflammation. 



(Esophagus, Stricture of the. 



It is wise to carefully pass a probang, so as to ascertain 

 the cause of the obstruction. 



(Esophagus, Spasm of the. 



Pass the probang. Morphia in fairly full dose should be 

 injected hypodermically, and laxatives, followed by tonics, 

 should be administered. 



