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get him under the influence of sulphuric ether, to be applied 

 to the nostrils by means of a sponge. There is no necessity 

 for fully etherizing the animal, for if kept in a partial state of 

 stupefaction for about twenty minutes, the spasm will relax ; 

 after which, let the patient be kept on bran mashes for a day 



CONSTIPATION OF THE BOWELS. 



Constipation is generally the result of impaired digestion, 

 yet now and then it is the precursor of some definite malady. 

 The old method of resorting to powerful cathartics generally 

 aggravates the symptoms, and the animal dies unrelieved of the 

 constipation. 



The best method of treating this affection is to administer, 

 with an aperient, stimulants and bitters ; in this way we 

 arouse the action of the digestive organs, and create a lax state 

 of the bowels. Let the following drench be given : — 



Glauber Salts, 12 ounces. 



Powdered Goldenseal, Sdrachms. 



" Ginger, 2 drachms. 



Dissolve the glauber salts in one quart of tepid water, then 

 add the other ingredients. After a lapse of eight hours the 

 animal should be walked about ; have its belly rubbed, and an 

 occasional clyster of warm soap-suds may be thrown into the 

 rectum. Should the medicine not operate at the expected time, 

 administer two drachms of powdered mandrake, the same 

 quantity of goldenseal, and half an ounce of hyposulphite of 

 soda, in about a quart of water. 



To prevent a recurrence of the constipation, let the animal 

 have half an ounce of equal parts of goldenseal and carbo- 

 nate of soda daily, which may be mixed in the food. It is 

 important, also, in view of guarding against constipation, to 

 make some change in the diet ; thus, if the animal has been 

 long fed on meal, some coarser material — shorts — should be 

 substituted, for a brief period at least. 



