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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



quart of linseed-oil, with two ounces of laudanum, should be given, 

 and repeated, in half the dose, every one or two hours, if required. 

 Fomentations of hot water must be constantly applied to the belly, 

 or bags wrung out of boiling water. Where, from the violent toss- 

 ing of the animal, this is impracticable, blister the belly with tincture 

 of cantharides or mustard and turpentine. 



If the symptoms do not moderate in a few hours, the pulse con- 

 tinues full, and the legs and ears not very cold, a second bleeding 

 may be advisable ; but this is seldom the case, as the prostration is 



rapid, the pulse be- 

 coming small, wiry, 

 and almost impercep- 

 tible, and the legs 

 and ears deadly cold. 

 In this case bleeding 

 but hastens the fatal 

 termination. 



When it has contin- 

 ued eight or ten hours, 

 if it takes a favorable 

 turn, the , pulse be- 

 comes fuller, the sur- 

 face warmer, and he 

 will lie for some time 

 stretched out, appar- 

 ently asleep, being 

 weakened from the 

 disease and bleeding, and probably partially narcotized from the 

 laudanum. In this stage he must be made comfortable, and cov- 

 ered up in straw or sheets. We usually "bury" him in straw. This 

 restores the balance of the circulation, often causing him to sweat ; 

 and after lying thus for one or two hours he will get up relieved, 

 and begin to feed. 



No hay must be given him. After a little he should be encour- 

 aged to drink well-boiled gruel, or eat a thin bran mash. Injections 

 must be continued until the bowels are freely opened. For a few 

 days he must be kept warm ; a few mouthfuls of cold water may be 

 given every hour ; gentle walking exercise and sloppy diet must be 

 continued for some time. About the fourth day, even though the 

 bowels have become regular, he should have a purgative (from six 

 to eight drachms of aloes, made into a ball), to remove ingesta, and 

 restore the secretions to their natural condition. 



Fig. 824.— A Sure Indication of Inflammation of the Bowels. 



