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cited ; the same of belladonna, should pain be excessive ; and calomel 
with opium, to arrest the disease. Place under the belly, by means of a 
rug, a cloth soaked with strong liquor ammonia diluted with six times 
its bulk of water. Or apply a rug dipped into hot water or loaded with 
cold water; change when either becomes warm. 
DIABETES INSIPIDUS, OR PROFUSE STALING. 
Causes.—Diuretic drugs or bad food. 
Symptoms.—Weakness ; loss of flesh; loss of condition. 
Treatment.—Do not take from the stable; keep a pail of linseed tea 
in the manger; give no grass or hay; groom well. Order a ball com- 
posed of iodide of iron, one drachm; honey and linseed meal, a suf- 
ficiency. Or a drink consisting of phosphoric acid, one ounce; water, 
one pint. _ Give the ball daily; the drink, at night and at morning. 
ENTERITIS. 
Causes.—Greatly conjectural. Prolonged colic may end in it. Con- 
stipation may induce it. 
Symptoms.—Dullness ; heaviness ; picks the food; shivers repeatedly ; 
rolling; plunging; kicking, but more gently than in spasmodic colic; 
quickened breathing; hot, dry mouth; wiry pulse. Pressure to the 
abdomen gives pain. Remove your coat; insert the arm up the anus; 
if the intestines are very hot, all is confirmed. 
Treatment.—Extract one quart of blood from the jugular, and inject 
into the vein one pint of water at a blood heat. Give aconite in powder, 
half a drachm; sulphuric ether, three ounces; landanum, three ounces ; 
extract of belladonna, one drachm, (rubbed down in cold water, one pint 
and a half.) As the pulse changes, withdraw the aconite; as the pain 
subsides, discontinue the belladonna. The other ingredients may be 
diminished as the horse appears to be more comfortable. Should the 
pain linger after the administration of the eighth drink, apply an am- 
moniacal blister. Sprinkle on the tongue, if any symptoms declare the 
disease vanquished but not fled, every second hour, calomel, half a 
drachm; opium, one drachm. Feed very carefully upon recovery, avoid- 
ing all things purgative or harsh to the bowels. 
EXCORIATED ANGLES OF THE MOUTH. 
Cause. —Abuse of the reins. 
Treatment.—Apply the following lotion to the part: Chloride of zinc, 
two scruples; essence of anise seed, two drachms; water, two pints. 
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