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DiAREHEA. 



Laxatives to remove source of irritation in all cases at the onset. 



Horses : — Linseed oil, 570 ; castor oil, 573 ; or calomel, 318. 



Cattle : — Magnesium sulphate, 163 ; calomel, castor oil. 



Foals and calves : — Castor oil, I ss ; gray powder, 314 • or 

 rhubarb, 576. 



Special diet and restriction of water, 688, 689, 636. Rest and 

 warm covering. Opium, 367 ; most useful after purge, with one of 

 the following astringents : bismuth, 193 ; chalk, 155 ; catechu, 597 ; 

 kino, 598 ; tannicaoid, 598 ; aluminum hydroxide. 169 ; lead acetate, 

 175 ; mineral acids, 373. Antiseptics, especially with flatuiemje 

 and foul discharges ; carbolic acid, 333 ; cresote, 333 ; salol, 495 ; 

 naphthalene, 337 ; boric acid, 375. 



In Fowl : — Bry, warm housing. Boiled rice and boiled milk. 

 Laudanum, lUi-v. 



See also Enteritis and Dysentery. Arsenic, 335; in chronic cases. 



Diphtheria. 



Diphtheria, due to Klebs-Loeffler bacillus in man, is occasionally 

 seen in cats and dogs. They should be killed to prevent spread of 

 the disease to man. 

 See Croup, Pseudo-Membranous. 



DiSLOCATioKS. Luxations. 



Reduce by aid of anesthetics, 307. After reduction, fix joint by 

 plaster of Paris splint for 10 days, and rest (in slings, if necessary). 

 When splint not possible, apply fly blister to secure rest of joint, /OS. 



Distemper est Dogs and Cats. 



Give gr. ii. calomel night and morning a,t onset, till free catharsis 

 produced. For conjunctivitis, boric acid gr. x ; and zinc sulphate, 

 gr. 1 ; in § i. water. If severe, 5 per cent, argyrol solution, 180. 

 If opacity or ulcer of cornea, see Corneal Opacities and Ulcers for 

 treatment. 



Cough : — "Wet flannel bandage and oil silk about neck ; also syrup 

 ipecac (ttiv-xv), in syrup squill (3i), with codeine (gr. yi-}/i),it 

 necessary. 



Anorexia overcome by tine, nucis vomicse (tiIv-xx), with equal 

 amount of H CI in water after eating. 



Vomiting and diarrhea treated with bismuth subnitrate ,gr. 

 x-xxx) with tannigen (gr. v-x) and laudanum (iriv-x). 



In deliruim, use chloral (gr. v-xv) with bromides (gr. xx-xxx) , 

 by mouth or rectum. 



With weakness and paralyses, syrup of the phosphates of iroE, 

 quinine and strychnine ( 3 ss-ii) ; strychnine, 409. 



In anemia, reduced iron in pills, 208. ■ 



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