106 DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS 



Treatment. — ^A hygienic and dietetic treatment is all-im- 

 portant. The surroundings of the patient should be light, 

 clean and well ventilated. Good grooming should be insisted 

 upon. Examine and if necessary "dress" the teeth. In 

 acute catarrh it is advisable to withhold food for two or 

 three days or permit only small quantities of easily digested 

 food (fresh grass, fine Timothy hay, linseed meal, bran 

 mashes if palatable to patient). The following mixture is 

 suggested: Oats, 2 parts; bran, 1 part; malted barley, 1 

 part. Scald or steam and let stand twenty-four hours, then 

 feed. A teacupful of linseed which has been boiled to a 

 jelly in a gallon of water and poured over a bran mash is 

 useful. Allow the patient plenty of salt and free access to 

 water. The medicinal treatment is largely symptomatic. 

 In overloading of the stomach use : 



To the above gentian, rhubarb or calamus may be added. 

 Diarrhea is combated by employing first a laxative followed 



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