James Herriot. About all creatures - beautiful and amazing (№ 428877)

I do not want to give the impression that I recommend general anesthesia as a panacea for all diseases afflicted by animals, but I firmly know that artificial sleep has salutary properties. Now that we have all sorts of hypnotics and tranquilizers at our disposal, and I am faced with acute gastroenteritis in a dog, I resort to some of them in addition to the usual treatment. Because sleep interrupts the deadly exhausting vicious circle, relieves the pain and fear accompanying it.