476 ALPHABETICAL SUMMARY. 
two ounces; water, half a pint; and use the probang after every dose of 
the last medicine. Should these be returned, cause chloroform to be 
inhaled; then insert the probang, and, by steady pressure, drive the 
substance forward. 
Subsequent to the removal of impactment feed with caution. 
CHRONIC DYSENTERY. 
Cause.—Not well understood; generally attacks old horses belonging 
to penurious masters. 
Symptoms.—Purging without excitement, always upon drinking cold 
water; violent straining; belly enlarges; flesh wastes; bones protrude; 
skin hide-bound; membranes pallid; weakness; perspiration; standing 
in one place for hours. At last the eyes assume a sleepy, pathetic ex- 
pression; the head is slowly turned toward the flanks; remains fixed 
for some minutes; the horse only moves when the bowels are about to 
act; colic; death. 
Treatment.—Give, thrice daily, crude opium, half an ounce; liquor 
potassz, one ounce; chalk, one ounce; tincture of all-spice, one ounce; 
alum, half an ounce; ale, one quart. Should the horse belong to a gen- 
erous master, give one of the following drinks thrice daily, upon the 
symptoms being confirmed: Sulphuric ether, one ounce; laudanum, 
three ounces; liquor potasse, half an ounce; powdered chalk, one 
ounce; tincture of catechu, one ounce; cold linseed tea, one pint. Or, 
chloroform, half an ounce; extract of belladonna, half a drachm; car- 
bonate of ammonia, one drachm; powdered camphor, half a drachm; 
tincture of oak-bark, one ounce; cold linseed tea, one pint. Feed 
lightly; dress frequently; give a good bed and a roomy lodging. 
CHRONIC GASTRITIS. 
Symptoms.—Irregularity of bowels and appetite; pallid membranes; 
mouth cold; a dry cough; tainted breath; sunken eye; catching res- 
piration ; pendulous belly; ragged coat, and emaciation. Sweating on 
the slightest exertion ; eating weod-work or bricks and mortar. 
Treatment.—Do not purge; administer bitters, sedatives, and alka- 
lies. Give powdered nux vomica, one scruple; carbonate of potash, 
one drachm; extract of belladonna, half a drachm; extract of gentian 
and powdered quassia, of each a sufficiency. Or give strychnia, half a 
grain; bicarbonate of ammonia, one drachm; extract of belladonna, 
half a drachm; sulphate of zinc, half a drachm; extract of gentian and 
powdered quassia, of each a sufficiency. Give one ball night and morn- 
