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possible to get sufficient warm water for the purpose, but 

 prefer warm water, inasmuch as I have seen several 

 severe chills brought on by the cold injection, and I 

 have not seen it produce any better results than warm 

 water. 



While I admit, and advocate the value of liberal rectal 

 injections, I do not, by any means, use them in all cases 

 as I find the internal treatment, with the liberal use of 

 oil usually, saves me the trouble of the rectal injections. 



Superpurgation 

 Give starch or flour gruel to drink instead of water. 

 A hypodermatic injection of morphine sulphate may 

 be of value for immediate and temporary action. Give 

 the following also : 



B — Ac. Hydrocyanici Dil. 

 Chloroformi 



Ol. ^Menthse Piperitae aa gss 



Ol. Terebinthin?e Rectif. . .^ 5Jss 



Tr. Capsici. 

 Spts. Camphorae. 



Tr. Opii aa 5iij 



M. 



Sig. Give two ounces in one-half to one pint starch 

 or flour gruel, every two or three hours. (Less often 

 as improvement is shown.) 



Enteritis 



There is no doubt that true enteritis envolving a con- 

 siderable portion of the intestines is invariably fatal, but 

 I am of the opinion that where it exists only in a small 

 localized area that recovery may occur. 



