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gishly, scour, strain violently, and show much tenderness 

 of the abdomen when handled. 



Treatment. At the outset give a laxative (horse, aloes 

 ox or sheep, Glauber salts ; or for aU animals olive-oil;) 

 with anodynes (belladonna, hyoscyamus, Indian hemp,) 

 in a mucilage of slippery elm or gum Arabic, and repeat 

 these mucilages and anodynes as may be needful to quiet 

 the suffering. Mild cases may be successfully treated by 

 small daily doses of sulphate of soda with abundance of 

 mucilage, and tonic doses of gentian and nux vomica. 

 Give injections of hot water, with anodynes, and apply fo- 

 mentations, or in small animals poultices, followed by 

 mustard or other counter-irritants to the belly as in hsem- 

 orrhagie enteritis. When profuse diarrhoea sets in give 

 freely of mucilaginous and starchy drinks, with quinia, 

 gentian, nux vomica or other bitter and opium. The diet 

 must be restricted to well-boiled mucilaginous gruels, and 

 in the case of herbivora, sloppy warm bran mashes. 



The treatment of diseased chickens is not always satis- 

 factory, but the whole flock should have mush, vegetables 

 and boiled potatoes, with clear pure drinking water to 

 which may be added cream of tartar or Glauber salts, 1 

 oz. to every quart. 



CROUPOUS ENTERITIS. 



This occurs in cattle, horses, sheep and dogs, and may 

 be considered as a modification of the other forms of en- 

 teritis and produced by similar causes. The symptoms 

 may approach those of either of the two forms of the dis- 

 ease already described, the suffering being extreme and 

 lasting, or violent but short, and followed by dullness, de- 

 pression, fever, apd tenderness of the belly. If the ani- 

 mal survives long enough the false membranes are passed 

 in great, white, friable masses or shreds. In its earhest 

 stages a laxative will often alter the condition of the mem- 

 brane and contribute to a prompt recovery. Later treal 

 as in enteritis. Saline laxatives (sulphate of soda or mag- 



