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rence is truly an exceptional one, but this only renders it the more 

 valuable when it does arise; the accompanying distinctive symp- 

 toms are pronounced nausea, great prostration and rumbling in the 

 large intestines. 



Ipecacuanha 3X was in earlier times frequently administered in 

 this disease and afterwards fell into disuse. Hahnemann, however, 

 revived it in his day, and discovered the specific symptoms which, 

 suggested its selection, they are particularly persistent straining, 

 with frothy, foetid and bloody evacuations, occasionally tinged 

 with greenish bile and mixed with mucus; if nausea and retching 

 are present they furnish additional reasons for its selection. 



Metcurius corrosivus 6x. — When the evacuations are specially 

 of a bloody character, mixed with mucus and attended with severe 

 pain and straining, both during and after the passage of faeces, 

 with marked suppression of urine and great difficulty in passing 

 the same, while the patient is comparatively composed and quiet, 

 this is one of the most effective agents at disposal for this trouble- 

 some conditon; indeed it is, more often than not, in true cases of 

 dysentery, the most reliable remedy in the whole pharmacopoeia. 



Arsenicum album 3X. — Great thirst, demanding frequent and 

 small quantities at a time, cold breath, cold extremities, cold 

 sweat, great weakness, persistent restlessness, weak heart, stink- 

 ing evacuations, highly-colored urine, passed with difficulty, indi- 

 cate this remedy. 



Accessory measures. — A wet compress continually applied to 

 the abdomen is generally of great benefit; while the most severe 

 pains are on, flannels wrung out of very hot water should be ap- 

 plied, care being taken to have each successive one ready before 

 the previous one is removed; warm injections with the enema 

 tube may usefully be administered after an evacuation. Barley 

 water, cold water and milk with eggs beaten up and mixed therein 

 may be freely allowed; but all stimulating food must be avoided. 



PROLAPSUS ANI. 



PROTRUSION OF LINING MEMBRANE OF BOWELS. 



This condition is occasionally observed in horses as the result 

 occasionally of diarrhoea, but more frequently of constipation; 



