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Dysentery (molten grease, or inflammation of the intestines), 

 is often confounded with diarrhoea. It is sometimes accom- 

 panied with purging, but this is by no means an invariable 

 symptom. The most common causes are irritation, translation 

 or obstructed perspiration, and the administration of improper 

 purging medicines, causing undue irritation, which terminates 

 in iuflammation. The animal usually evinces but little pain ; 

 the pulse is quick and small ; there is sometimes purging, 

 with great prostration of strength. 



The belly should be well rubbed with the following wash : 

 half a pound of strong mustard ; four ounces of spirits of 

 ammonia ; and one pint of water. The following drink may 

 be given every three hours until some improvement is ob- 

 served, when it should be discontinued at once : of prepared 

 chalk and tincture of ginger each one ounce ; powdered opium 

 one drachm ; tincture of catechu half an ounce ; tincture of 

 red pepper two drachms ; and one pint of water. Throw up 

 injections of two ounces of laudanum in half a pint of water, 

 frequently, and give thin gruel to drink. No blood should 

 be taken under any circumstances. 



DIAKEHCBA. 



This disease often arises in the absence of any inflammatory 

 action upon the raucous surface of the intestines ; and hence 

 the distinction cannot be made by the ordinary observer be^^ 

 tween ft and dysentery, if purging should be present. In 

 order to obviate this difficulty we recommend only such reme- 

 dies as are calculated to answer either case, without the pos- 

 sibility of doing injury by the administration of medicines 



