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modification of the eliest-jacket — i. e., a dressing to cover 

 the parts affected and those immediately adjacent. 



The stupe may also be applied somewhat beyond the 

 region beneath, which the affected organ lies, as the effect 

 on sound parts seems to be beneficial to tho^e actually- 

 diseased. 



Counter-irritation in some form, especially at the out- 

 set, is certainly indicated. 



Vomiting, when persistent, must be combated by in^ 

 ternal remedies also. 



Drink must not be allowed the dog except in small 

 quantities at a time; his food must be liquid, and but 

 little given at once. In some cases it may be worth while 

 to add pepsin to the food, or give it immediately after, to 

 assist digestion. Lime-water is an excellent addition to 

 milk. If food is vomited in spite of all precautions, it is 

 useless to further force it on the animal ; but if there be 

 urgent need of nourishment, it may be given by the rectum 

 (injection or enema). 



To arrest vomiting, trial may be made of small quanti- 

 ties of ice-water, small bits of ice, the dilute officinal prus- 

 sic acid, very small doses of carbolic acid (one half to one 

 grain) in a little ice-water, oxalate of cerium, the latter 

 with small doses of sulphate of morphia (gr. -J), subnitrate 

 of bismuth alone or with cerium or morphia ; hypodermic 

 injection of morphia over the stomach. Warm and stimu- 

 lating applications, as turpentine, will be worth a trial in 

 all cases. 



The diarrhoea of enteritis, or dysentery, apart from 

 the external treatment, may require special remedies, such 

 as have been already indicated under "Diarrhoea" (page 



