PERITONITIS, INFLAMMATION, &c. 131 



Consider carefully the distinctions between Colic 

 and Inflammation, as given under the article on Colic. 



TREATMENT. As early as possible, give the 

 SPECIFIC for INFLAMMATION, A A, fifteen drops, and 

 repeat the doses every half hour. After the animal 

 is somewhat relieved, continue the medicine at. longer 

 intervals. If not better in two hours, the SPE- 

 CIFIC for COLIC, F F, may be alternated with that for 

 Inflammation, at the intervals mentioned. This wili be 

 especially indicated if there should be frequent purg- 

 ing small stools, blood-stained or otherwise After the 

 inflammatory symptoms have subsided, a dose or 

 two of the SPECIFIC J J, for INDIGESTION, will com- 

 plete the cure. 



N. B. As constipation exists in inflammation of 

 the bowels, many persons suppose it to be the cause 

 of the disease, and resort to the most desperate 

 means to remove it. This is all wrong. Remove the 

 inflammation, and the bowels will then move of them- 

 selves, while the balls and cathartics administered 

 during the inflammation will only increase the diffi- 

 culty, and often even prevent the possibility of a cure. 



Peritonitis, Inflammation of the 

 Peritoneum. 



The delicate membrane lining the abdominal cavi- 

 ty, and covering the parts within it, is termed the 

 peritoneum, and is occasionally the subject of in- 

 flammation. 



It not unfrequently follows the gelding of the 

 horse, especially if he is too soon afterwards turned 



