Diseases of the Stomach. 65 
tonics combined with opiates.* The following pill I have 
found most serviceable : 
Opium ..... .... 1 to 3 grains,in proportion tothe dog’ssize, 
Ferri Sulph.... 5 torograins, - ditto 
One to be given twice daily. 
In protracted cases I prescribe the nux vomica, in com- 
bination with the iron, and find it attended with excellent 
results. 
When the abdominal pain is severe, counter-irritation or 
hot linseed-meal poultices to the region of the stomach 
afford great relief. 
Constipation is best removed with salad oil and enemas. 
Ordinary purgatives are injurious and dangerous. 
The food should consist of mucilaginous liquids, owing to 
the sensitive condition of the stomach. Solid and indi- 
gestible matters arevery prejudicial. Milk, rendered alkaline 
with lime-water, should be given the patient to lap, in lieu 
of plain water. Exposure to cold and damp must be avoided, 
and the return to ordinary food and life gradually intro 
duced as convalescence advances. 
When the intestines become involved and diarrhcea sets 
in, much care will be required to prevent a fatal termination. 
Astringents, combined with opiates, should be used : 
‘Opium......... yanebunsenseeapereesess 
Tannic Acid ......... svaweteeieaceaens aa I grain. 
Administered every four hours in a little water, or, what is 
serviceable in some cases, brandy and water, with a few 
drops of chlorodyne. 
Counter-irritation to the abdomen; starch and sedative 
enemas; and strengthening, mucilaginous food, are also 
important adjuncts in the treatment. , 
in Gamgee (“ Our Domestic Animals ”’) prescribes dilute hydrocyanic 
acid in doses from two to three drops given in water ora little wine ; 
and he remarks, that inthat stage of the disease when considerable 
prostration is observed, he has seen great good from the occasional 
administration of wine and spirits of nitric ether. 
