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flat part of the body of that organ is dirty, white and covered 

 with mucus. 



Treatment. — Kali bichromiacm 3X. — This is a famous remedy 

 for many troublesome cases; the peculiar condition suggesting its 

 selection is best recognized when the coating of the tongue is 

 5'ellow, and the surface thereunder, after cleaning off, very red; 

 further, when diarrhoea is present some remarkable cures have 

 been elTected. 



Belladonna 3X when complicated with a sore throat, swollen 

 condition of the eyes and discharge therefrom. 



Mercurius cor. 3X when salivation is a prominent symptom, in 

 conjunction with sore throat and gums; breath very foetid. 



Atiiimonmm crudum 3X when the eructation of gas is a promi- 

 nent symptom and the tongue is thickly coated Avith a white 

 covering. 



Arsenicum albnni 3X when the animal becomes impoverished 

 and thin; the breath and excretions offensive; the legs swell and 

 the fever rises; thirst, a little water and often, is a marked indica- 

 tion. 



Niix vomica 3X is such an important stomach medicine that any 

 affection of the organ is almost certain to furnish a number of 

 sj-mptoms for which at one time or another this remedy is indi- 

 cated ; those suggestive of its selection are chiefly : loss of appetite ; 

 depression of spirits; constipation, faeces being hard and coated 

 with slime; frequent evidence of a desire to pass dung, with some 

 difflculty in effecting the function; pulse small, rapid and thin; 

 tongue red at sides and coated with 3'ellow slime on the sur- 

 face; internal temperature elevated to 103 degrees or 104 degrees; 

 pain attested by considerable restlessness. 



Phosphorus ■^\-^ is a remedy that proves useful in chronic cases 

 of gastritis, where the disease has been hanging about for a con- 

 siderable period; the most suggestive symptoms are vomiting, 

 flatulence, hunger that cannot be appeased, dysentery and constant 

 straining, the faeces being coated with mucus, blood and slime, 

 wasting and continuous fever. 



INDIGESTION— DYSPEPSIA. 



Indigestion, like many other diseases, assumes two forms, acute 

 and chronic; the latter is generally a sequel of the former; acute 



