328 GASTEITIS. 



Hot and Cold Water. — Hot and Cold Water are, in cases of 

 this nature, remedies of value. Cold water should be applied 

 to the head by means of coarse cloths, or by fixing a large 

 sponge suturated with water to the forehead. Ice for this pur- 

 pose is better than water, but it cannot at ail times be 

 procured so readily. The application of either the one or the 

 other should be frequent until convalescence is established. 



Hot Water is sometimes of great value if given internally. 

 I have known it in several cases to speedily remove the gastric 

 pain. Administer it at the commencement of the disease in 

 doses of a pint. It may be given at a temperature of 116° or 

 118° Farenheit. 



Aloes. — The administration of a purgative is essential to 

 rid the digestive organs of the load of matter which they usually 

 contain. I have known horses thus affected part with long 

 coarse stalks of rye grass, tares, clover, and hay, for days in suc- 

 cession. If the patient be a large, coarse-bred animal, give him 

 a drench as soon after being attacked as possible, consisting of — 

 Barbadoes Aloes ... I ounce. 



Water ... 1 pint. 



Should this fail to produce a free action of the bowels within 

 twelve or fourteen hours after being given, administer a second 

 draught, containing half the quantity of Aloes. 



Purgation wUl be hastened by giving the patient from a 

 pint to a quart of tepid water every hour. 



Olive Oil. — I have administered OHve Oil as a covering 

 or protection to the mucous membrane of the stomach and 

 intestines, against the attrition arising from the action of the 

 coarse stalks of rye grass, tares, or hay upon it. Give half a 

 pint for a dose. It is seldom necessary to repeat the oil. 

 Olive oil is perhaps the least nauseating in its effects of any 

 other kind which could be selected. 



