INTESTINAL CATARRH. 63 



hyoscyamus and bromide of sodium in this disease has not proved 

 to be very successful. Besides opium we should also use the true 

 astringents, such as tannic acid, calumbo root, and cascarilla bark. 

 If ulceration of the bowels is indicated by the symptoms, acetate 

 of lead or nitrate of silver is to be given, followed up by small 

 doses of naphthalin, salicylic acid, creolin, or creosote. The last 

 drug I have found to be specially useful. 



R.-Opiipulv. 1 aa 0.1 



Acidum tannicum ) 



Sacchar. album 0.5 



M. flat pulv. No. xii. S. —One powder every two or three hours. 

 R. — Acidum tannicum . . , . 1.0 



Vinirhei 100.0 



S. — One teaspoonful several times daily. 



R. — Creosote 0.5 



Aq. destil . 120.0 



Muc. acacise 30.0 



S. — One tablespoonful every three or four hours. 



When the catarrh has affected the lower intestines, it is well to 

 make one or two irrigations of the bowels daily by means of a 

 f imnel and a piece of rubber hose with a ^^^ ^g 



pipe of hard rubber at the end (Fig. 18), m* raiiuiiiuii; 



which is inserted into the rectum as far 

 up as possible and the fluid poured into ^^ \ \[ 



the funnel and allowed to gravitate slowly w \ w 



into the bowel. The best solution to use 

 is a 1 per cent, solution of tannic or sali- 

 cylic acid in water, the water to be about 

 30° C. The amount to use is about one 

 or two litres. If this causes much irrita- 

 tion and straining, it must be discontinued ; 

 but it is well to give the animal at least 

 one injection by this method, as it helps 

 to clean out the lower bowel and facilitate 

 the action of the medicinal agent. 



The treatment of chronic catarrh of the 

 bowel is practically the same as the acute. ^^^^ apparatus. 



Styptics are generally used, naphthalin, 



and nitrate of silver, and followed up by subnitrate of bismuth. 

 Tincture of nux vomica is very useful as a tonic in one- or two-drop 



