132 PBEITONITIS, INFLAMMATION, &o. 



out to grass, or during cold and wet weather. Ex- 

 posure to cold, standing in draughts of air, or drink- 

 ing cold water, may produce it ; and it follows a stab 

 in the belly or a rupture of some of the viscera, and 

 the flow of the contents into the abdomen. 



SYMPTOMS. A few days after cutting the colt, 

 vhe yard and sheath will be found swelled and pain- 

 ful > little or no matter flows from the cut ; the ani- 

 mal is restless and uneasy ; the body is painful when 

 pressed against, and is swelled with watery fluid ; the 

 legs are cold ; the bowels are bound ; the skin is 

 rough and dry ; no food is eaten ; if loose, he rests his 

 hind-quarters on the side of the stall ; the swelling in 

 the breast, legs, and sheath increases ; the breathing 

 becomes quick and painful ; the pulse hard, quick, 

 and by degrees small and weak. These gradually 

 become worse, until the animal dies. 



There is a slow form of this disease, as follows : 

 poor appetite ; low spirits ; uneasiness ; occasional 

 pawing the ground ; looking at the belly and groan- 

 ing ; belly painful when pressed upon, and tucked 

 up ; quick breathing ; small weak pulse ; bound 

 bowels ; awkward way of walking with the hind legs; 

 mouth dry and bad smelling ; body thin ; coat star- 

 ing and unthrifty ; urine scanty ; weakness. As the 

 disease advances, the abdomen fills with a watery 

 fluid, and the disease terminates as dropsy. 



TREATMENT. From the commencement, the 

 SPECIFIC for INFLAMMATION, A A, is the most im- 

 poitant remedy, and may be given fifteen drops 

 every two hours, during the more urgent symptoms, 

 and then at longer intervals for the acute form. 



