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withheld, and the more rest given to the stomach 

 the better; no soUd food ought to be allowed, but 

 a Httle iced milk, or milk and soda-water, will usually 

 prove beneficial. When the stomach of a hound is 

 in an irritable condition soda-water should be sub- 

 stituted for the ordinary Vv^ater, and if a teaspoonful 

 of invalid bovril be added to the soda-water the 

 stimulant will help to nourish the animal until such 

 time as the stomach regains its normal tone. From 

 five to thirty grains of bismuth — either the carbonate 

 or the nitrate — is one of the most useful remedies 

 that can be employed for arresting vomiting and 

 allaying an irritable condition of the stomach. This 

 can be given either as a powder or along with a 

 tablespoonful of soda-water, or even with milk and 

 soda-water. 



Gastric Catarrh 



An irritable condition of the stomach arises during 

 the course of various maladies, and ranges from the 

 most trifling irritation of the mucous membrane to 

 one of violent inflammation, frequently imphcating 

 the mucous membrane, the muscular coat and its 

 outer serous covering. The condition last referred 

 to is occasionally observed in cases of poisoning, 

 more especially when the dose has been a large one. 

 Strictly speaking, the term "gastric catarrh" ought 

 to be limited to a mild inflammatory condition of 



