Inflammation of the Bowels 19 



Bran, 5 parts 



Oil Meal, 1 part 

 all mixed and scalded 12 hours before feeding. The horse may be fed 

 some cut alfalfa or clover hay. 



If constipated, mix 1 tablespoonful of the following in each feed. 

 Glauber's Salts, 2 pounds 

 Salt, 1 pound 

 Baking Soda, I/2 pound. 



Often rectum injections given as recommended in compaction colic 

 on page 12 are to be recommended in indigestion if constipation exists. 

 If diarrhea is present 2 tablespoonfuls of tannic acid may be given 

 2 times daily in 1/2 pint of water. The following by some people is 

 believed to be good for diarrhea. 



Get 2-3 quart of live white oak bark peel off all the dead bark. 

 Steep the baik in 4 quarts of water, strain off the liquid and mix enough 

 wheat flour with it to make a thin paste. Add 3 or 4 teaspoonsful of 

 nutmeg and give the horse 1 pint 2 or 3 times daily. 



Common white starch made to a creamy constituency and give 2 or 3 

 pints 2 or 3 times a day as a drench and an equal amount injected with a 

 syringe into the rectum is very good for diarrhea. 



I prefer to give 1 dram, 1 teaspoonful of creolin in 2 quarts of wa- 

 ter every 8 hours. Creolin must be given in oil or well diluted; 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS 



There is danger of colic terminating in inflamation of the bowels 

 unless proper precautions are taken. Inflamation of the bowels may 

 develop from poisons or irritating feeds, or it may follow colic caused 

 by a hard drive or severe work. If the horse scours with an offensive 

 odor after colic, it is well to be on guard for inflamation of the bowels. 



SYMPTOMS 



At first the horse is apparently not very sick. The mucous mem- 

 brane of the eye is red and inflamed, and the horse generally flinches 

 when pinched over the intestines. 



