114 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS 



ministration of chloroform during anaesthesia, or when animals are old or 

 have weak hearts or lungs. It destroys sensibility, reflex action, ir- 

 regular, weak pulse, dilated pupil, the blood becomes very dark and there 

 is congestion and cyanosis of the visible mucous membranes, arrest of 

 respiration and pulsation. 



Therapeutics. — Cease the inhalation immediately, put the animal in 

 the fresh air, open the mouth, draw out the tongue by means of a pair 

 of forceps, and perform artificial respiration. Dash cold water on the 

 head, active friction of the skin, and the subcutaneous injection of 

 atropia, skopolamin, or strychnia. 



ly. Atropia sulph, 0.05 



Aqua distil., 5.0 



Sig. — Inject a gramme of the solution subcutaneously. 



Poisoning with Gas (Coal, Carbondioxide, or Illuminating). — Great 

 lassitude, insensibility, labored respiration, mydriasis, paralysis, and 

 convulsions. 



Therapeutics. — Fresh air, artificial respiration, dash cold water on 

 the head, active friction of the skin, smelling salts, bleeding, and the in- 

 travenous injection of the physiological solution of chloride of sodium. 



Poisoning by Iodine. — This may residt from the licking or the absorp- 

 tion of iodine, particularly when it is used in the injection of cysts in the 

 form of iodine or Lugol's solution. 



The symptoms and course are very similar to iodoform. After a 

 toxic dose there is stomatitis and pharyngitis, brown patches on the tongue 

 and the vomiting of l)rown material, and if starch should be present in the 

 stomach in any (quantity, the material is turned bluish in color. The free 

 administration of starch solution, and sulphate of soda and sulphurette of 

 soda in solution 1 to 20 of water, must be given freely in teaspoonful doses. 



