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strong broths, and meat once daily — are indicated ; iron is also ad- 

 visable, 203, aa Bland's pills, each gr.v. thrice daily ; arsenic, as 

 Fowler's solution, may be prescribed in increasing doses until tuxxx 

 are given daily. If movements severe, give dogs chloral, 818, gr. v, 

 and sodium bromide, 343, gr. xx-xxx, thrice daily (vi^ith laudanum, 

 TTi V, if necessary) . For the horse, chloral, 318, and sodium bromide, 

 243, each | ss, vrith fluidextract belladonna, 3 i, tvrice daily. If 

 due to vporms or indigestion, treat these troubles ; if artla-itis pre- 

 cedes chorea, give sodium salicylate, 495. The Priessnitz poultice 

 may afford relief, 708. Other remedies include: — Antipyretics, 323 

 hyoscyamus, 890 ; cannabis, 394 ; ansesthetics, 307 ; eserine, 419 

 gelsemium, 423 ; conium, 430 ; valerian, 537 ; zinc valerianate, 537 

 camphor, 550 ; strychnine, 409 ; quinine, 488 ; asafetida, 538. 



COBNDROSis. Sturdy. Gid. Turn Sick in Sheep. 



Prevention : Brains of sheep and cattle must never be fed to 

 dogs ; twice annually sheep dogs must be starved and given areca 

 nut, 617, with male fern, 616, followed by a cathartic, and feces 

 burned. Repeat this in two days. Sheep's brains, when infested, 

 must be burned or boiled ; young sheep must not be pastured in 

 infested regions. Treatment by trephining cysts, when they can 

 be localized in the brain. 



Cold, Exposure to. 



Applications of hot blankets and mustard paste,700 ; alcohol, 391. 



Colic in the Horse. 



Place in box stall with plenty of bedding ; in mild spasmodic 

 colic, walking exercise, but in no other cases ; morphine, 367, and 

 atropine, 385, under the skin. In mild cases of spasmodic colic, 

 ether and aromatic spirit of ammonia (each, | ii) with spirit of 

 chloroform, J i, may be given ; or chloral, § i in one pint of lin- 

 seed oil. Hot turpentine stupes, 715, useful in all kinds of colic. 

 In flatulent colic, oil of turpentine, J ss ; carbolic acid, nix ; ether 

 and spirit of chloroform (each § i) , may be prescribed together 

 in a pint of linseed oil. A purge is indicated at the earliest 

 moment — an aloes ball, 568, or linseed oil, 570, and hot enemata, 

 in spasmodic colic ; in flatulent colic, give barium chloride, 159, 

 3 i, by mouth, or gr. xv intravenously, and enemia ; also puncture 

 with trocar between last rib and angle of ilium on right, or 

 left side (when most distension here) , if tympanites is increasing. 

 In colic from overloading the stomach, use the stomach tube, 

 789 ; also barium chloride, 159. In colic due to obstruction : 

 here we generally avoid purges altogether and use enemata with 

 soap suds, or glycerin (Oss), and epsom salts (ftii). With im- 

 paction of colon, alternate linseed oil and Glauber's salts and 

 give strychnine, 409, with atropine, 385, on tongue thrice daily ; 

 empty rectum by hand and use enemata as above ; if all fails, try 



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