4 6o INFLAMMATIONS. 



trary, pressure gradually made with the hand seems to afford 

 relief. The treatment should be by means of laudanum (i drachm) 

 and ether (30 drops) in a little water every two or three hours ; 

 or, in very bad cases, croton oil (1 drop) may be given in a pill 

 with three grains of solid opium every four hours till the pain 

 ceases. The embrocation (45) may also be rubbed into the bowels, 

 either at once, or after a very hot bath continued for at least half- 

 an-hour, which last remedy is of the greatest service. The clyster 

 (17) may also be tried with advantage, and sometimes a very large 

 quantity of warm water thrown up into the bowels while the dog 

 is in the warm bath will afford instant relief. Colic sometimes 

 ends in intussusception, which is a drawing of one portion of the 

 bowel into the other ; but of this there is no evidence during life, 

 nor if there was would any remedy be of service, short of opening 

 the belly with the knife and drawing out the inverted portion with 

 the hand. 



Diarrhma, or inflammation of the mucous membrane of the 

 bowels, is a constant visitor to the kennel. Sometimes it is pro- 

 duced by chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane ; at 

 others by improper food irritating it, but not to that extent ; and 

 at others again by an epidemic influence, the nature of which it 

 is difficult to understand. The symptoms are too plain to need 

 description, further than to remark that the motions may be 

 merely loose, marking slight irritation, or there may be a good 

 deal of mucus (slime), which is an evidence of great irritation of 

 the membrane : or, again, there may be shreds or lumps of a 

 white substance resembling boiled white of egg, in which case the 

 inflammation has run very high. Lastly, blood may be poured 

 out, marking either ulceration of the bowel, when the blood is 

 bright in colour, or an oozing from the small intestines, when it 

 is of a pitchy consistence and chocolate colour ; or a similar oozing. 



