190 CANINE DISTEMPER 
Probably best of all remedies, however, is chloretone 
in doses varying between 3 and 15 grains; cats, however, 
owing to a peculiar idiosyncrasy, cannot take it. 
A teaspoonful of pepsin may advantageously be ad- 
ministered three times daily, or with the food, as an aid 
to thorough digestion; or tablets may be purchased 
containing ‘aka-diastase (gr. i.), pepsin (gr. i.), pancreatin 
(gr. ss.), which will be found very beneficial in the gastric 
complications of distemper. 
Another well-recommended preparation is that in 
which each fluid drachm contains : 
PRESCRIPTION No. to. 
B Taka-diastase Sis ia grs. iiss. 
Bismuth et sodium tart. sa ee OFS. ii. 
Tinct. nucis. vom... on wee VL 
Ac. hydrocyanic, dil. ... sist eee TUL 
Spt. chloroform sas oa wee MLR 
and the dose would be half to two fluid drachms accord- 
ing to the size of the dog. 
In severe gastritis it may be necessary to resort to 
rectal feeding if all food taken by the mouth is im- 
mediately ejected. 
Enteritis—Enteritis will be treated more or less on the 
same lines as gastritis, even as regards food, warmth, 
and drugs. However, our efforts here are principally 
directed to the curtailment of its accompanying diarrhoea 
and tenesmus, which, if unchecked, rapidly reduce the 
animal to a skeleton and rob it of the last vestige of 
bodily strength. Diarrhoea may exist before the graver 
conditions of enteritis, ulceration, and intense straining, 
and should be taken in hand immediately, in order that 
these complications may be prevented as far as possible. 
Our aims are to reduce intestinal catarrh and consequent 
irritability of the mucous membrane, and to lessen 
peristalsis and secretion by curtailment of exercise; also 
