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Often the animal will breathe easier at once when the dressing is 

 applied. The food should be light at first, unless there be marked 

 prostration, and largely fluid while the fever is high. Alcohol baths 

 are useful in reducing excessive temperature. 



If there is evidence of pain a few grains of Dover's powder, on 

 account of its favoring the action of the skin and kidneys, will be 

 found beneficial. If the disease is of a low type from the first, with 

 evidences of great weakness or positive prostration, the chief reliance 

 must be on good feeding and alcohol, with such stimulants as car- 

 bonate or muriate of ammonium, strychnine or caffein. Whiskey or 

 brandy, given in doses of a teaspoonful or less with beef juice or 

 eggnog, if the animal refuses nourishment, or diluted with water, 

 given simply as a medicine, often produces the happiest effects. If 

 the animal will not take nourishment it must be forced upon it, if 

 possible, with as little exhaustion of its strength as necessary. 



If the heart becomes very weak or irregular, resort must be had 

 to digitalis, say three to five drops for a half -grown orang or chimpan- 

 zee. It is a most valuable remedy in careful hands. Death in pneu- 

 monia is nearly always by heart-failure, and this organ must there- 

 fore be carefully observed throughout. During convalescence, if the 

 appetite is not good, vegetable bitters — as nux vomica and gentian 

 will be useful. Quinine is a well-tested and safe remedy for monkeys 

 generally, and small tonic doses — one to two grains — may be given 

 three times daily. 



DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 

 Indigestion. 



Vomiting, Gastritis, Stomach and Intestinal Parasites, Gastro- 

 enteritis. Prolapsed Rectum. 



The term indigestion implies imperfect discharge of the functions 

 of the digestive tract. The symptoms may manifest themselves 

 without actual structural or organic disease of the digestive organs, 

 being visible to the naked eye. The cause is generally improper 

 diet. Indigestion also arises from diseased teeth and imperfect 

 mastication. Cold, heavy and soggy rice, due to improper steaming 

 will cause acute colic pains. 



Few monkeys are proof against the temptation to overeating. 



