Dysentery] 9*-* [Dysentery 



Dysentery : 



Symptoms : Frequent liquid motions, consisting 

 principally of mucus and blood, accompanied by 

 severe straining. The abdomen is very tender, 

 there is often vomiting and great thirst. 



Treatment : Give at once a dose of castor 

 oil and laudanum, from half to a tablespoonful x 

 of oil mixed with from three 1 to fifteen drops 

 of the latter. About six hours afterwards, 

 commence to give carbonate bismuth from five 

 to twenty grains l every three or four hours, also 

 two or three times a day give an enema of thick 

 boiled starch (from one 1 to four teaspoonfuls), 

 mixed with from three 1 to twenty drops of 

 laudanum. The enema should be just warm, 

 given very slowly, and the dog should be kept 

 quiet for a short time afterwards, to prevent his 

 ejecting it. 



The following mixture may be tried, if the 

 symptoms continue in spite of the bismuth : — 



Recipe : 



Chlorodyne, 2 drachms. 



Prepared Chalk, 4 drachms. 



Tr. Catechu, - - 4 drachms. 



Sol. Gum Acacia, - - 4 drachms. 



Water to - - - - - 6 ounces. 



Doses: From one teaspoonful to a table- 

 spoonful x every three or four hours. 



Diet : Feed on milk thickened with arrowroot 

 (boiled), also give white of egg beaten up with 



1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



