1S8 INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES, 



nate, adding to it twenty or thirty drops of laudanum. The warm 

 bath, or fomentations, should be likewise made use of, in case the 

 belly feels hot and tense. 



When, however, the bilious purging is very great, and has 

 existed some time, in addition to the quantity evacuated, the 

 stools are found to be tinged with blood. Here no laxatives 

 should be used, but, on the contrary, the following should be 

 given : 



Powdered columba 1 drachm 



Powdered chalk 1 drachm 



Powdered gum arable 1 drachm 



Powdered opium ; 1 grain 



Mix, and divide into three, five, or seven balls, according to the 

 size of the dog, and give one every three or four hours : throw up 

 also starch clysters. The distressing sickness that sometimes ac- 

 companies these aggravated cases, and the bloody evacuations like- 

 wise, render it very difficult to distinguish them from those that 

 occur from the administration of mineral poisons, without a minute 

 attention to circumstances already detailed. The sickness is, 

 however, best relieved in all of them by the powder of columba, 

 with laudanum, given in moderate but frequent doses, as from ten 

 to fifteen grains of the powder, and from fifteen to twenty-five 

 drops of the opiate. 



INFLAMED LIVER (HEPATITIS). 



The hepatic organ in dogs is subject to two inflammations; one 

 rapid and acute, the other slow and chronic. 



Acute inflammation of the liver is not a very frequent disease, 

 but I have occasionally met with it. It may be brought on by 

 cold, and shews itself by dulness, restlessness, panting, and unusual 

 inclination to drink. There is also present, in some cases, frequent 

 sickness ; but it is seldom of that distressing kind which accom- 

 panies inflammation of the stomach or bowels. Hepatitis may be 



