PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT gi 



in horses, castor oil (Oi) in warm flour gruel with laudanum (§ss) 

 and fluidextract of belladonna (5i) may be administered. Or calo- 

 mel (oss) with powdered opium (5ii) in ball or emulsion. To relieve 

 pain and quiet peristalsis, opium in the form of laudanum (giss— ii) 

 with chloroform (5ii) may be given, every few hours in drench; or 

 morphine may be given under the skin (gr. ii-iv). Bleeding or tine. 

 of aconite (fl^xx every 3 hours) are applicable in strong subjects 

 with high fever. Counter-irritation externally should be done by 

 using hot turpentine stupes frequently changed. 



Only cooked gruels of oatmeal, barley, or linseed, should be 

 given horses in convalescence — followed by scalded or steamed 

 oats and a little green fodder. Dogs may receive meat juice, broth, 

 or equal parts of lime water and fresh milk. 



Stimulants, as strychnine under the skin, and alcohol — in the 

 form of brandy or whiskey — may be required in case of threatened 

 collapse. 



The use of saline infusions of normal salt solution (one level 

 teaspoonful of sodium chloride to the pint of boiled water) is in- 

 dicated when diarrhea has been profuse and exhaustive (see p. 287). 



Acute Enteritis or Gastro-enteritis of Cattle. — This be- 

 gins with loss of appetite and rumination, dry mouth, tenderness 

 in the right flank, feces constipated and covered with mucus or mem- 

 branous casts of the bowels, followed by a fetid diarrhea. A form 

 occurs with profuse hemorrhage from the bowels which may be due 

 to irritant food or, if it lasts some days, is likely to be caused by 

 parasites (intestinal psorospermosis). 



The mucous or membranous form is not liable to be fatal if 

 properly treated from the start. 1 lb. of Glauber's salts, with yi 

 lb. of ginger, should be given. After the bowels are freed of irri- 

 tant matter it is well to place 2 to 4 drams of sodium bicarbonate 

 on the food, thrice daily, which tends to dissolve intestinal mucus. 

 Laudanum with chalk (of each, 2 ounces) should be administered 

 to arrest persistent diarrhea. 



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