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Or: 



R — Creolini Pearsonii 



4 



. Bss 



Pulv. rad. glycyrrhiza . 



Si 



Pulv. althse et aqu. q. s 



. f. boli Nr. iij. 





Sig. — Daily one bolus. 







^ — Sodii sulph. 



5 



3vss 



Potassii sulph. 





gr. xv 



Sodii bicarb. 





3ivss 



Sodii chlorid. 





3iiss 



Sig. — Tablospoonful in 



each feed. 





To the above gentian, rhubarb or calamus may be added. 

 Diarrhea is combated by employing first a laxative followed 

 with antiseptics (creolin (gj) or opium (3j) or styptics such 

 as tannin (*3j), acetate of lead (5j), silver nitrate (gr. x-xv) 

 dissolved in rain water). Starch water, alum water per rec- 

 tum or a solution of silver nitrate (1 to 500), alum or tannin 

 (2 per cent, solution) are very useful in persistent diarrheas. 



In threatened collapse oil of camphor (gij) subcutaneously. 



BLOATING IN THE OX. 



Tympanites. 



Definition. — A rapid distention of the abdomen of cattle 

 due to gas formed from the fermenting contents of the 

 rumen and reticulum. 



Occurrence. — A very common disorder especially among 

 cattle on pasture during hot, "damp weather. Clover and 

 alfalfa pastures are most dangerous in this regard. 



Two clinical forms of bloating are recognized. 



1. Acute tympany. 2. Chronic or periodical, mild 

 tympany. 



Etiology. — 1. Acute tympany, (a) Pasturing or feeding 

 green grasses, especially legumes such as clover, red clover, 

 alfalfa, vetches, peas, or such foods as buckwheat, swamp- 

 grasses, etc. Such grasses are most dangerous just before 

 they bloom, particularly when wet with rain or dew. Young 

 grass growing in stubble fields is a common cause. (6) 

 Feeding foods which readily ferment, such as potatoes, beets 

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