PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT 2 g x 



to. four ounces of liquid nourishment may be given, to small or me- 

 dium' sized dogs ; from four to eight ounces to large dogs. One quart 

 may be employed for horses. The nutrient enema should be intro- 

 duced into the bowel through a flexible rubber tube carried up into 

 the colon. An hour before the enema is given the bowel: is to be 

 washed out thoroughly with cold water. The nutrient injection 

 should not be given oftener than once in six hours, and if. the bowel 

 is irritable, not oftener than once in twelve hours. The absorptive 

 power of the rectum is slight, but that of the colon is considerably 

 greater. Predigested food is most valuable. Leube's Beef Peptone 

 may be used. A bullock's pancreas is finely chopped and- rubbed up 

 with eight ounces of glycerin. This extract will keep fresh several 

 weeks in a cold place. To one-third of the extract are added five 

 ounces of finely chopped beef, and the mixture is ready for imme- 

 diate use. The peptonizing powders of Fairchild Brothers & Foster 

 are most convenient in preparing digested food. Each powder con- 

 sists of five grains of pancreatic extract and: fifteen grains of sodium 

 bicarbonate. 



A useful nutrient enema for a large dog may be made of two 

 eggs and six ounces of milk. Four to six eggs may be added to a 

 quart of milk for use as an enema for a horse. The mixture is then 

 to be peptonized: and introduced into the rectum at the temperature 

 of the body. In using the peptonizing powders, one is placed : in. a 

 quart glass jar together with a teacupful of cold water. Then a pint 

 of the mixture to be peptonized is poured into the jar, and the latter 

 placed in a vessel containing water as hot as the hand will easily 

 bear. The jar is kept in the hot water for twenty minutes and put 

 on ice. When the mixture is used it should' be heated to 100° F. If 

 predigested food is to be given by the mouth, it is well not to keep 

 the glass jar immersed in hot water more than five minutes, as 

 otherwise the taste will be bitter and disagreeable, A small dose 

 of laudanum is always useful' to prevent the expulsion of enemata. 

 Brandy may be added in the proportion o-f one ounce to the pint of 



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