INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS 615 



of a clyster of gruel, butter, and salt. If the above 

 fails to move the bowels in six or seven hours, then 

 the following must be given : — 



Calomel .... 2 grains, 



Aloes J drachm, 



Laudanum, or powdered opium i grain ; 



to be made into a ball with treacle and linseed 

 meal, or simply with butter. Should it not operate 

 in six hours, a like quantity may be given ; and 

 when the bowels have been moved, they must be 

 kept open for two or three days. 



Should the hinder parts still continue semi- 

 paralysed, the following stimulant should be used 

 for rubbing them, which may be done three or four 

 times daily : — 



Spirit of turpentine . . 2 ounces, 



Hartshorn .... 2 ounces, 



Laudanum .... 2 drachms, 



Sweet oil .... 2 ounces. 



It is not likely that the animal will suddenly 

 recover the use of the limbs ; it will, therefore, be 

 necessary to persevere in the use of the warm bath 

 every day or two. The animal must, in the mean- 

 time, be sparingly fed with thin oatmeal-porridge 

 and milk or other farinaceous food. 



Sometimes costiveness is mistaken for the animal's 

 bowels being in a lax state. This is when the 

 animal passes its faeces in small balls, accompanied by 

 a quantity of mucous matter ; but this is a sure sign 

 of the bowels being really bound up. 



When inflammation has its origin in cold, accom- 

 panied by panting, heat, and thirst, and the dog is 

 very restless, and the stomach will not retain the food, 

 accompanied by heat in the belly, redness of the eye- 

 balls, and there is an alternation of hotness and cold 



