DIGESTIVE DISORDERS 



Recipe. — Castor oil, 2 ounces ; laudanum, i drachm ; mix, 

 and give the whole just as it is. 



Now follow this up next morning with a dose of this 

 mixture : — 



Recipe. — Tincture of rhubarb, 2 ounces ; carbonate of 

 magnesia, i ounce ; nitrate of bismuth, 6 drachms ; bicar- 

 bonate of potash, \ ounce ; water, six ounces. 



Dose. — A sixth part in gruel, night and morning. 



CHOKING, 



It is not often that horses suffer from this, but still it may, 

 and does, happen every now^ and again. The gullet is com- 

 monly the seat of the blockage. Carrots, oil cake, potatoes, 

 hay, etc., may lodge in the gullet. Any portion can be 

 obstructed. In one instance the gullet was blocked throughout 

 its length with hay. In addition to this there are other causes. 



Symptoms. — If in the neck portion of the gullet the 

 obstructing material will be felt externally. The animal may 

 suddenly stop feeding, slobber at the mouth, and extend its 

 neck. When it makes an attempt to swallow water the latter 

 returns through the nostrils. Sometimes there is difficult 

 breathing, owing to the obstructive material pressing upon 

 the windpipe. 



Treatment. — Remove food. By waiting twenty-four or 

 forty-eight hours the stoppage may vanish. i\llow a little 

 warm water, to which three or four ounces of glycerine have 

 been added. In case the obstruction cannot be felt, one must 

 always withdraw the tongue with the left hand and feel at the 



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