74 DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



I MPACTION OF THE LARGE BOWELS. 



This is a very common, as well as a very dangerous, bowel 

 trouble, and usually results in death, unless promptly recognized 

 and properly treated. 



Causes. Over-feeding on grain, on old, dry, hard hay, lack of 

 wafer, want of exercise, lack of the watery secretions of the 

 bowels, or paralysis of nerve-endings, etc. 



Symptoms. A slight abdominal pain, which may disap- 

 pear for a day or two, to reappear with more violence. The 

 manure passed is hard and dry. The belly is full, but contains 

 no ga,s; he. paws, and looks back at his sides. Soon the animal 

 lies down, head and legs extended, occasionally raising his head 

 to look toward his flank; he rises occasionally (from five to fif- 

 teen minutes), walks about the stall, looks at his sides, backs up 

 against the stall, paw.s, and soon lies down again, in his former 

 position. The bowels cease now to move at all. A horse may 

 suffer from this trouble from one to three weeks, and then re- 

 cover, but they seldom last over four or five days. 



Treatment. Give at once the following purgative: 



Powdered Barbadoes aloes 1 ounce. 



Calomel 2 drams. 



Powdered nux vomica 1 drams. 



Powdered: ginger 2 drams. 



Water 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench. 



If the bowels don't move in twenty-four hours, the above dose 

 may be repeated, but not before that time. Give injections of 



