190 Inflammation of the Bowels. 



pears restless, and shifts his limbs frequently, the tongue is white, 

 and in the latter stages of the disease, is without moisture. 



The pulse is quick and weak, rising often as high as 70, or even 

 80, in a few hours after the attack, and if proper measures be not 

 speedily adopted, soon runs on to an hundred or upwards, in 

 which case it is always small, thready and feeble, and the utmost 

 dano-er is then to be apprehended. The animal lies down and 

 rises again frequently, but does not start or spring up in that 

 peculiar sudden manner which may be observed in a fit of Gripes. 

 His ears and limbs are commonly cold, he scrapes or paws with his 

 fore feet, but does so in a dullish, slow kind of manner, when con- 

 trasted with the vehemence of this mode of expressing pain, which 

 is exliibited in a fit of Spasmodic Cholic. Further, when he lies 

 down he hardly ever attempts to roll upon his back, as is the case 

 in a fit of Spasmodic Cholic, which circumstance serves strongly to 

 characterize the latter disease. 



But the opposite states of the pulse in the two diseases, is certainly 

 the chief, and perhaps the only infallible criterion of their respective 

 natures. For whereas, in Spasmodic Cholic it js but little altered ei- 

 ther as to strength or quickness, (except when the Spasmodic charac- 

 ter of the disease has disappeared and Inflammation has actually taken 

 place) so in peritoneal Inflammation it speedily becomes quick and 

 weak as has been already explained. It is unfortunate for us, that we 

 cannot have recourse to topical bleeding in this disorder, to any ex- 

 tent that would be advantageous. Were we able to cover the belly 

 with leeches, there is no doubt but that this formidable disease would 

 be robbed of half its danger. Bleeding therefore, from the system, 

 must be had recourse to, and must be carried to greater extent thaa 



