778 EPITOME OP MODERN TREATMENT OP 



Enteritis. 



In Horse — No solid food allowed, warm water in moderation. At 

 onset only : castor oil, laudanum and belladonna, 573 ; or calomel, 

 218, with powdered opium in ball, 369. To quiet peristalsis : opium, 

 369, or morphine, 367, every few hours. With high fever and 

 strong pulse : venesection, 629 ; aconite, 464 ; or veratnun, 467. 

 Turpentine stupes, 715. Stimulants : alcohol, 390, and strychnine, 

 409, in case of threatened collapse. In convalescence : cooked 

 gruels, followed by scalded oats and a little green food. 



In Dogs^Avoid food or drink in vomiting. Calomel, followed by 

 opium and bismuth subnitrate, 193. In convalesence : meat juice, 

 broths, lime water and milk. 



In Cattle — Glauber's salts, 163, at onset. Externally, turpentine 

 stupes, 715. Laudamma, 867, vsdth chalk, 155, to stop diarrhea. 

 With bloody diarrhea : laudanum with tannic acid, 593 ; also 

 ergotin, 630, under the skin. Strychnine and alcohol. Diet: boiled 

 milk, raw eggs, flour gruel with sodium bicarbonate, cooked roots. 



In Calves — In those not suckling, replace milk by whey, made by 

 adding rennet to warm milk and straining. Also by broths, rice or 

 barley water or thin flour gruel. When milk is again given, it 

 should be scalded and diluted with an equal part of water. Give 

 at onset castor oil ( | i). Sucklings fed every three hours, so as not 

 to gorge. 



Cows giving milk containing over 4| per cent, fat may be unfit 

 mothers. After castor oil, give bismuth subnitrate (gr. xxx.) 

 three times daily. Brandy for debility, and paregoric ( 5 ii,) if 

 much pain and diarrhea. 



Entropium. 



If only inturned eyelashes, they may be pulled out at intervals. 

 The application of a finely pointed stick of caustic potash in a line 

 parallel and near to ciliary border of under lid on the skin — once or 

 more — may cause lid to regain its normal shape. Otherwise remove 

 elliptical piece of skin from eyelid and suture. At same time spilt 

 margin of lid lengthwise, leaving all eyelashes on outer flap, and 

 lengthen palpebral flssure at outer canthus by cutting with scissors. 



Epilepsy. See Convulsions. 



Epistaxis. Nose Bleed. 



Inject adrenalin, 639, with syringe (1-5,000). Pack nostril with 

 gauze soaked in same. Vinegar and water (1-2) . Insufflation of 

 powdered alum, 168, or tannic acid, 593. Internally, ergot, 629 ; 

 hamamelis, 601 ; or turpentine, 503. In purpura : calcium chloride, 

 159 ; gelatin, 159. Raise head and place ice-bag on forehead. 



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