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and coat harsh; eyes sunken; occasional griping pains attend the 

 passing of a motion; faeces fluid and watery. 



Bryonia alba 3X. — Although more generally used in cases of 

 constipation this remedy finds its place occasionally in diarrhoea, 

 especially during the heat of summer when looseness of the bowels 

 follows exposure from great heat to sudden cold, or as the result 

 of drinking cold water when heated by exertion. 



Camphor — -RubinP s tincture. — Or that of a7iy competent homoeo- 

 pathic chemist ivho manufactures it at the same strength. Ten 

 drops on a dessertspoonful of moist sugar laid far back upon the 

 tongue is an invaluable remedy for diarrhoea wdiere shivering and 

 coldness are observed in the early stages, accompanied b}' con- 

 siderable abdominal pain. Dose to be repeated every hour until 

 relief is obtained. 



China (■> for thin, watery diarrhoea with which are mingled 

 large quantities of undigested food, and taking place during the 

 height of summer heat; not at any other period. 



Ipecacuanha 3X is specially adapted for diarrhoea in young foals 

 and colts; this often proves a troublesome condition to the breeder 

 and great difficulty is experienced in arresting looseness of bowels 

 in young animals; the faeces are of a pappy consistence, of a deep 

 yellow color, and considerable griping pain attends the evacua- 

 tion. The dysenteric diarrhoea in foals which sometimes occurs, 

 when the faeces are coated with mucus and tinged with blood 

 generally yields to this remedy; indeed, among young animals it is 

 an invaluable agent for this condition. 



Mercuriiis corrosivus 6x is essentially the remedy for dysentery, 

 when the slimy condition of the faeces is the marked symptom of 

 the case, of course accompanied with some blood; in other respects 

 the faeces are pale, clay-colored and smell verj^ offensively. In 

 simple diarrhoea when no blood is passed, nor are there present 

 the usual indications of the inflammatory process, Mercurius cor. 

 is still a useful agent; but here again the presence of slime and 

 the offensive odor are the leading indications for its use. 



Pulsatilla ix. — This again is a useful remedy for sucking foals 

 when the digestion is upset by change of food; the faeces are 

 variable; sometimes fluid, at others pasty; they are evacuated 

 without pain, and appear to pa.ss awaj^ spontaneously, the little 

 animal having no control and being apparently unconscious that 



