800 EPITOME OF MODERN TREATMENT OF 



Nervous Palpitation of the Heart. 



Seen in Horses and Dogs from over-exertion, indigestion, "ner- 

 vousness." In severe c&ses, morphine, 368, under the skin. Also 

 spirit of chloroform, 296, in less urgent cases. Or chloral, 318, and 

 potassium bromide, 243, may be given. In asthenia and over-ex- 

 ertion, especially with irregular pulse, prescribe tine, digitalis, 451, 

 with tine, aconite, 464, thrice daily. In anemia, give ferrous sul- 

 phate and nux vomica to horses. Indigestion, as a cause, demands 

 a physic and restriction of food. 



Nettlerash. Surfeit. Hives. See Urticaria. 



Neuralgia. Neuritis. 



Give laxatives, especially castor oil, 572. In debility and anemia, 

 give strychnine in increasing doses, 410; also iron, 201, arsenic, 226, 

 and phosphorus, 236, in combination (in piU or otherwise). Locally, 

 freeze nerve with ethyl chloride spray, or apply Priessnitz poultice, 

 708, or menthol, 529, or blister over root of, or along course of, 

 nerve, or nerve-stretching or cutting. Potassium iodide in rheu- 

 matic cases, 249. To simply relieve pain, morphine injected locally 

 under the skin, 336, antipyrin, 323; internally. Aconitine locally, 

 463; gelsemium, 423, internally. In wound or injury, apply anti- 

 septic poultice. In asthenia, see Debility. 



Nymphomania. See Sexual Excitement. 



Obesity. 



Diet the chief remedy, 691-694; salt in, 141. In dogs, tablets of 

 dessicated thyroid gland, (gr.v each) thrice daily. Restlessness and 

 palpitation show overdosage; otherwise increase above dose. Potas- 

 sium iodide, after meals thrice daily. Daily laxative and exercise. 



Oesophagus. (Dilation and Obstruction.) 



In dilatation, feed frequently with small amounts of concentrated 

 and soft food. Resect oesophageal pouch. 



In obstruction — If foreign body, give soft food. In dogs, pass 

 a bristle probang or coin catcher; in horses, use stomach tube anfl 

 stilet and inject water. Or expose gullet and ligate (temporarily) 

 gullet about stomach tube, above obstruction, and forcibly inject 

 water. Oesophagotomy. Apomorphine subcutaneously in dogs, 370, 

 but dangeous. 



Inflammation of oesophagus due to irritants — Give linseed gruel 

 with 1 per cent, boric acid, cold milk. Externally, Priessnitz poul- 

 tice, 708. Later, rub externally with equal parts oil of turpentine 

 and sweet oil. 



Oestrus Equi. See Bots. 



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