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which once started will deplete and improve the adjacent and 

 more violently affected parts. But irritant and drastic purgatives 

 like croton, podophyllin or gamboge are proscribed as very liable 

 to aggravate the inflammation. Pilocarpin 3 grs. hypodermi- 

 cally may be given or in default of this, 1 lb. each of Glauber and 

 common salt in not less than six quarts of water, free access 

 being allowed to pure water until it shall have operated. Bis- 

 muth may also be given as a calmative. Active rubbing of the 

 abdomen will assist in rousing the stomachs to action, and hasten 

 the action of the purgative. If there should be any sign of 

 cerebral disorder, cold water or ice may be applied to the head, 

 and oil of turpentine, followed by a pulp of the best ground mus- 

 tard may be applied to the epigastrium and right hypochondrium. 

 This may be accompanied and followed by copious enemata, and 

 doses of quinia, gentian or, still better, nux vomica three times a 

 day. 



CATARRHAL GASTRITIS IN SWINE. 



Definition. Causes, irritants, fermented, putrid swill, spoiled vegetables, 

 irritant molluscs or larvae, hot or cold food, alkalies, indigestible food, 

 specific germs or toxins, parasites. Symptoms : inappetence, restlessness, 

 vomiting, colic, constipation, diarrhoea, fever, stiffness, tender abdomen: 

 arched back, chill, plaintive grunting, drooping tail. Lesions. Treatment , 

 change diet, mucilaginous, milk, protection from saprophytes, change pen, 

 emetic, laxative, calomel, bismuth, cleanliness, washing. 



Definition. Inflammation of the gastric mucosa with muco- 

 purulent discharge. 



Causes. Irritants of various kinds, fermented or putrid swill, 

 spoiled vegetables, irritant molluscs or larvae, too hot or too cold 

 aliment, excess of brine, excess of alkalies, in swill (dishwash- 

 ings), indigestible food of all kinds. The -stomach may also be 

 the seat of catarrhal inflammation in hog cholera, swine plague, 

 rouget, diphtheritic affections and in the case of gastric parasites, 

 so that it is very important to distinguish the affections due to 

 simple irritants, from those dependent on plagues and parasitism. 



Symptoms. There is inappetence, vomiting, restlessness and 

 constant movement, colics, vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea, 



