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2. Common salt may be substituted for the soap when 

 a direct irritant action is required. 



3. Medicated etiemas consist of some remedy added to 

 warm water, beef-tea, linseed mucilage, &c. 



4. Flour, oatmeal, gruel, or beef-tea, 4 or 5 fluid ozs., 

 spirits of nitrous ether, 2 to 4 drms. Useful when the 

 animal is unable to take food. 



5. Tincture of opium, i fluid oz. ; powdered catechu, 

 4 drms. ; solution of starch, as used in the laundry. 



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Enema Syringe. 



Enema Funnel. 



thickened by boiling, i pint. Mix, and inject one-fourth 

 part as needful in persistent diarrhoea, dysentery, &c. 



6. Gaseous Enema. — In some instances the fumes of 

 burning opium are useful as a means of reducing spasm 

 in colic and other affections of the bowels, but in all 

 cases the treatment calls for the greatest care. 



Enema Funnel. — Various forms of apparatus are used 

 for administering an enema, the simplest being the 

 common funnel shown in figure annexed. The pipe, first 

 smeared with simple lard, oil, or soap, is carefully passed 

 within the intestine to the extent of two inches. The bowl 

 being upwards is filled with successive portions of the 

 fluid, which readily disappear with a gurgling sound. In 



