DIGESTIVE DISORDERS 



of laudanum, tincture of capsicum, and opodeldoc. Now clothe 

 the belly and loins with stout woollen rugs. If the pain seems 

 to diminish, along with other improvements, the mustard can 

 be repeated. 



JAUNDICE. 



The horse, unlike most other animals, has no gall bladder, 

 or reservoir for the storage of bile, the latter being poured 

 continuously, and directly, into the beginning of the small 

 intestine (duodenum). This is owing to the fact that food is 

 constantly passing out of a relatively small stomach. The bile 

 performs important functions in connection with digestion and 

 promoting healthy activity within the bowels. It is secreted 

 by the cells of the hver, and any interference with the health 

 functional activity of this organ may bring on the condition 

 popularly known as the " yellows," which indicates disturbed 

 or perverted activity of the hver and bile. In reahty, jaundice 

 is but a symptom of something wrong, thus we often enough 

 observe yellowness of the skin, etc., during an attack of influenza, 

 consequently its occurrence during the course of this disease 

 has bestowed upon it the name of " bilious fever." The 

 characteristic yeUow colour is due to the entrance of the bile 

 colouring matter (pigments) into the blood, and its subsequent 

 distribution throughout the body. 



Yellowness of the skin and white of the eyes ; inside the 

 mouth, the tongue being yellow, sour smelhng, and pasty ; 

 pulse generally soft, slow, and full ; urine golden coloured ; and 

 dung clay coloured, small in amount, and offensive. The skin 

 may be dry and scurvy, and sometimes the horse is lame in 

 the right fore limb. Fever may, or may not, be present. 



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