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relied on as a cure for that disease. Worms are also a common 

 cause of diarrhoea, and when these exist the nature of the discharge 

 is variable, frequent and small in quantity, sometimes lumpy, 

 followed by gelatinous, glairy matter, and often frothy and covered 

 with small air-bubbles. Exhalations from accumulations of filth, 

 especially in low-lying, damp, badly drained and badly ventilated 

 kennels, also cause diarrhoea. 



In treating diarrhoea it is often of considerable advantage to give 

 a mild purge, to remove the irritating cause. Castor oil is very 

 suitable; and if there is evidence of much pain attending the 

 disease, a dose of laudanum may be added. lOgr. to 60gr. of 

 carbonate of bismuth, given dry, twice or thrice a day upon the 

 tongue, is also very useful. So is : prepared chalk, Joz. ; chlorodyne, 

 Idr. ; solution of gum tragacanth, loz. ; water to 8oz. Of the 

 latter a dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful should be given three 

 or four times a day. If the case is not particularly severe, but 

 obstinate, then give ^oz, to loz. three times a day of — tincture of 

 rhubarb, loz. ; tincture of opium, 2dr. ; peppermint water, to 6oz. 

 Another remedy in diarrhoea which very rarely fails to check it if 

 the patient at the same time receives proper attention in other 

 respects, is : 



Astringent Anodyne Mixtu/refor Diarrhcea. — Take prepared chalk, 

 3dr. ; aromatic confection (powder), 2dr. ; powdered gum acacia, 

 Idr. ; tincture of opium (laudanum), loz. ; oil of cassia, 6 or 8 

 drops ; tincture of catechu, 3dr. ; spirit of sal volatile, 2dr. ; water 

 sufficient to nmke 8oz. The powders must be nibbed very finely in 

 a mortar, the oil of cassia with them ; the water must be gradually 

 added, and the whole should form a smooth mixture. The tinctures 

 should be added in the bottle. Of this mixtirre the dose will be 

 from a half to two teaspoonfuls for puppies, and one tablespoonful 

 for 201b. dogs, given every three or four hours, as long as the purg- 

 ing continues. The bottle must be well shaken before measuring 

 the dose. 



For convenience of form, the following mixture may, under some 

 circumstancea, be preferred, as it keeps well and is in less compass : 



Astringent Anodyne Drops. — Take spirit of camphor, 2dT. ; lauda- 

 num, Joz. ; spirit of sal volatile, 2dr. ; tincture of catechu, loz., mix. 

 Dose, from 20 drops to a teaspoonful in water every three or four 

 hours, if required. 



If the diarrhoea is very persistent, and accompanied by blood, 

 inject twice a day into the rectum 2gr. to 5gr. of sulphate of copper 

 with 15 to 60 drops of tincture of opium, La 4oz. of water. If 

 this does not check it, then give Jgr. to Jgr. of sulphate of copper, 

 increasing the dose to Igr. with Jgr. to Igr. of powdered opium. 



