282 DISEASES or the stomach. 



sulphur have been so considered^ but cannot be relied on. 

 Dr. Pereira^ and others, recommend the hydrated sesqui-oxide 

 of iron, which is easily made by mixing carbonate of soda 

 with the tinct. of the hydrochloride of iron.-'^ — Dr, Seymom^s 

 Cliniquej in the Lancet for July 28, 1843. 



Were the horse, like a dog or a man, able to vomit, no 

 sooner would any poison possessing emetic properties be 

 swallovv^ed than it would become ejected. Unfortunately 

 for our patient this is a benefit he cannot receive. What 

 then is to be done? Undoubtedly, in the present state of 

 science, the immediate introduction of the stomach-tube into 

 the stomach, througli which, as quickly as possible, warm 

 water might be injected and withdrawn until we have com- 

 pletely washed out the stomach. This follow up by throwing 

 in some bland mucilaginous fluid — starch-water, water-gruel, 

 arrow-root infusion, or any such composition that can be 

 at the moment got ready — and then withdraw the tube. 

 Afterwards, the horse ought to be drenched from time to 

 time with copious draughts of water-gruel. Though, if the 

 practitioner happen to know what poison it is the horse has 

 taken, he may bethink himself of administering some anti- 

 dote after he has effected all he can with the stomach-pump. 

 We see that the late Dr. Pereira recommended the hvdrated 

 sesquioxide of iron. In the case of corrosive sublimate, 

 Orfila recommends albumen or the whites of eggs : 

 these may be given in the gruel. To neutralise blue 

 vitriol give also albumen, or a solution of soap. Should 

 gastritis and fever result, in addition to all that is to be 

 done, locally, we ought to bleed largely; perhaps apply 

 a blister or mustard plaster over the surface of the belly; 

 and never omit to administer, frequently, copious clysters, 

 with the intention of promoting a free discharge from 

 the bowels. If I ventured to give any purge at all, I 

 would administer a pint and a half of the common or second 

 olive oil. Castor^ and linseed oils are both either inert or 

 dangerous in their operation. Aloes, drastic and irritative 

 as we know them to be, appear on that account to be hardly 

 admissible. 



