790 EPITOME OF MODEEN TREATMENT OF 



Indigestion, Chronic. Chronic Gastro-Enteritis (Horse). 

 Diet, 688. Attend to condition of teeth. Powder (sodium bicarb, 

 135, ginger, 527, and nux vomica, 410) thrice daily on feed. HCl, 

 372, in some cases. Carlsbad salts (Ji) on feed for constipation, 

 137. Also daily, soap-suds enema. With diarrhea, copper sul- 

 phate, 188, or lysol (^ss) daily with putrid feces. 



Indigestion, Chromic, in Cattle. Chronic Tympanites. 



Without diarrhea, or constipation, give fluidextract nux vomica, 

 410, with Carlsbad salts (2 tablespoonfuls) on feed thrice daily, 137. 

 In constipation with mucus, add to Carlsbad salts sodium bicarb., 

 135. With diarrhea, give HCI (5i-iii) in drinking water twice 

 daily, and nux vomica and salt on feed. When blood in feces, give 

 fluid diet (milk and gruels) and sodium bicarb., 135, on food. 



Indigestion in Calves. Milk Indigestion. Abomasal Indi- 

 gestion. 



To stop vomiting and diarrhea, use only clean feeding utensils 

 and clean warm milk in hand-fed patients. In sucklings, see that 

 mother's milk not over rich and feed at short intervals. Skim milk 

 from creameries must be scalded. In hand-fed, give scalded milk 

 and pure water (half and half) mixture, warmed, till digestion 

 good. At onset, castor oil (Jii). Scald utensils after feeding. Do 

 not give meal at too early age. 

 See also Enteritis in Calves. 



Indigestion, Acute, in Swine. Acute Gastritis. 



Calomel and tartar emetic (each gr. v) or calomel (gr. v) and 

 ipecac (gr. xxx) in pill with meat. To check severe diarrhea, chalk 

 (5ii) or bismuth subnitrate (3ss) on food thrice daily. Avoid im- 

 proper food, sour swill, hotel washings, etc. Give boiled milk and 

 gruels. Clean utensils, trough and pen. 



Indigestion, Acute. Acute Gastroenteritis in Dogs. 



Restrict water and starve patient. Encourage vomiting by fluid- 

 extract ipecac (3i). If emesis prolonged, bismuth subnitrate, 199, 

 and cerium oxalate in capsules, 170. Also potassium bromide (3i)> 

 with chloral (gr. xx-xxx) in enema in boiled starch solution. 

 Diarrhea is checked by castor oil (Ji-ii)) followed by bismuth 

 (gr. xx), and salol (gr. v) with food thrice daily; or pills of lead 

 acetate (gr. i), and camphor and powd. opium (each gr. ss), three 

 times a day. Enemata (1 per cent, tannin) if much straining. 

 Diet — Milk and lime water; raw scraped beef. In diarrhea, boiled 

 milk and rice. In convalescene, tine, nux vomica, 410, thrice daily. 



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