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but at all times it is well to avoid too suddenly checking the 

 disease. 



When the discharges are sour and fetid, the following 

 powder may be mixed in the food two or three times a day : 



No. 113. Powdered chalk, 



Bisulphite of soda, of each 1 oz. 



For one dose. 



When this does not bring about an early lessening of the 

 symptoms, the following is a favorite with Prof. Williams: 



No. 114. Oil of turpentine, 



Laudanum, each ^ oz. 



Eggs, _ 3. 



Beat up in a pint of warm water and give at one dose. Kepeat two or 

 three times a day. 



The following is recommended for this continued purging 

 by Mr. Chawner : — 



No. 115. Sulphuric ether, 



Laudanum, each 1 oz. 



Tannic acid, 20 gr. 



Mix in a pint of gruel or flaxseed tea, and give at one dose. 



When the diarrhoea is owing to the action of violent purges, 

 " superpurgation " as it is called. Prof. Williams says he 

 knows of nothing better than the following : — 



No. 116. Powdered chalk. 



Laudanum, of each 2 oz. 



Mix in a quart of flour gruel, and give every three hours till the purg-' 

 ing is checked. 



Apply hot applications to the abdomen, and do not let the 

 horse drink cold water, which he will very much crave. 

 Small quantities of flaxseed tea or gruel will partly allay his 

 thirst. If he grows weak, wine or whiskey may be given 

 him. 



As general prescriptions in diarrhoea Mr. Finlay Dun re- 

 commends ; — 



No. 117. Spirits of camphor, 2 drachms. 



Tincture of chloride of iron, 1 drachm. 

 Ether, 1 oz. 



For one dose in diarrhoea after the early feverish symptoms have abated. 



