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to fifteen grains) should be given. To clean out the 

 posterior bowel, rectal injections may be used. When 

 hot water fomentations are applied to the I abdominal 

 walls, they should be kept up for several days. The 

 pain can be relieved by giving tincture of opium in 

 teaspoonful doses every three or four hours. 



It is best to feed a sloppy, light' diet, and give the 

 animal comfortable quarters away from the herd. 



