DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE OEGANS. 37 



ing around to the side, drawing the feet together, lying down, or 

 moving restlessly. Sometimes this malady is accompanied by fever, 

 great depression, loss of strength, rapid loss of flesh, and it may 

 terminate in death. 



Treatment. — When the disease depends on irritating properties of 

 the food which has been supplied to the animal, it is advisable to give 

 a mild purgative, such as a pint of castor or linseed oil. * When the 

 secretions of the bowels are irritating, an ounce of carbonate of mag- 

 nesia and half an ounce of tincture of opium should be shaken up in 

 a quart of linseed tea and given to the animal three times a day until 

 the passages present a natural appearance. When there is debility, 

 want of appetite, no fever, but a continuance of the watery discharges 

 from the bowels, then an astringent may be given. For such cases 

 the following is serviceable : Tannic acid, 1 ounce ; powdered gentian, 

 2 ounces; mix and divide into twelve powders, one powder to be 

 given three times a day until the passages present a natural appear- 

 ance. Each powder may be mixed with a half pint of whisky or 

 blackberry brandy and a pint of water. Tannopin is a new remedy 

 that is most useful in such cases. The dose is from 30 grains to 

 2 drams. Useful household remedies are raw eggs, strong coffee, 

 parched rye flour, or decoction of oak bark. In all cases the food 

 must be given sparingly, and it should be carefully selected to insure 

 good quality. Complete rest in a box stall is desirable. When 

 diarrhea is a symptom of a malady characterized by the presence of 

 a blood poison, the treatment appropriate to such disease must be 

 applied. 



SIMPLE ENTERITIS. 



[See Gastroenteritis, p. 35.] 



CROUPOUS ENTERITIS. 



Under certain conditions, severe irritation of the digestive canal 

 may, in cattle, cause a form of inflammation of the intestines (enter- 

 itis) that is characterized by the formation of a false- membrane upon 

 the surface of the lining membrane of the intestines, and particularly 

 the large intestines. 



Symptoms. — There is fever, depression, loss of appetite, diarrhea, 

 and in the fecal masses shreds of leathery false membrane may be 

 found. These shreds are sometimes^ mistaken for parasites or for 

 portions of the wall of the intestine. 



Treatment. — Give a pound of Glauber's salts, followed by bicar- 

 bonate of soda in doses of 2 ounces four times daily. 



ENTERITIS (OBSTRUCTION RESULTING FROM INVAGINATION, OE INTUSSUSCEPTION, 

 TWISTING, AND KNOTTING OF THE BOWELS). 



Inflammation may arise from a knot forming on some part of the 

 small intestine, from the portion of the bowel becoming twisted on 

 itself, or from one part of the bowel slipping into another, which is 



