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if worm medicine has been used there is no necessity 

 for this. Castor oil, buckthorn, etc., in cases of 

 this nature, do more harm than good. 



HcBmorrhage from the Stomach 



Blood may be ejected from the stomach either 

 intermingled with the food, etc., during vomition, 

 or it may be expelled in the form of clots, depending 

 upon the causes giving rise to its production. Ulcera- 

 tion of the mucous membrane, or the rupture of a 

 small vessel in the wall of the stomach, may lead 

 to a trouble of this nature. Ice packs to the belly, 

 and iced milk, etc., is the correct treatment to adopt. 



Enteritis, or Inflammation of the Bowels 



Inflammation of the bowels is not of uncommon 

 occurrence, and when it does occur it is, practically 

 speaking, a fatal disease. The inflammatory changes 

 may be confined to the mucous membrane, or extend, 

 though in a variable degree, throughout the thick- 

 ness of the wall of the gut. The area involved may 

 be small, or extend over a length of the intestine 

 either large or small, but the author believes that 

 inflammatory changes are most frequently met with 

 in the small intestines, especially in that portion 

 immediately adjacent to the stomach, i.e., the 

 duodenum, in which absorption is particularly active. 

 The causes of enteric inflammation are almost in- 



