Treatment of Dysentery. 145 



A favorite prescription in both forms is : — 



No. 133. Calomel, 10 gr. 



Opium, 1 drachm. 



Gentian, 



Chalk, each 1 oz. 



Make either into a ball or a drench, and give once a day. 



If the feverish symptoms are not marked, the following 

 answers a good purpose : — 



No. 134. Powdered opium. 

 Powdered galls, 

 Sulphate of copper, each 1 drachm. 



This may be repeated twice a day either for horses or cattle. 



When there is much exhaustion, and the powers of life 

 seem failing, a stimulant mixture is demanded, as : — 



No. 135. Spirits of camphor, 7 oz. 



Sulphuric ether, ^ oz. 



Solution of acetate of ammonia, 6 oz. 

 Mix and give in gruel. 



Ipecacuanha is used by many veterinarians in acute 

 dysentery, as : — 



No. 136. Powdered ipecac, 1 drachm. 



Powdered opium, 20 gr. 



Castor oil, 6 to 8 oz. 



Give in arrow root water or boiled starch every six hours for three or 

 four times at the outset of the attack. 



Or the wine of ipecac may be used, as ; 



No. 137. Wine of ipecac. 

 Laudanum, 



Solution of potash, each 1 oz. 



Tincture of cantharides, ^ oz. 



Mix for a drench in a quart of warm gruel. This is recommended by 

 Mr. Gamgee as a dose for an ox in long continued dysentery with 

 weakness of the bowels. 



In all cases of dysentery the straining and spasms of the 

 rectum are exceedingly painful, and should be relieved by 

 appropriate clysters. The two most effectual agents for this 

 purpose are opium and belladonna : — 



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