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minating animals, renders it peculiarly liable to dis- 

 ease ; inflammation, however, does not appear to occur 

 frequently as a primary disorder, but is more com- 

 monly a consequence of some offensive matter lodged 

 in one of the four stomachs, or from the animal's feed- 

 ing so greedily, as to weaken the organ, and prevent 

 its performing its functions. In either of these cases, 

 the principal object is to get rid of the offensive matter, 

 by invigorating the weakened stomach, and enabling 

 it to expel the matter by which it is oppressed. Should 

 inflammation attack the stomach, independently of this 

 cause, that is, without any hurtful matter having been 

 swallowed, or any improper accumulation of food, the 

 principal remedies would be plentiful bleeding and 

 abstinence from food. — Whitens treatise on veterinary 

 medicine. 



Dr. Peck says that the symptoms of this disorder are 

 violent pain in the stomach ; large blisters rise some- 

 times on the inside of the mouth ; the animal is very 

 restless, and appears to have the pain increased by 

 every thing that is swallowed, which frequently brings 

 a cough ; the body feels clammy with sweat ; diffi- 

 culty of breathing. He attributes the cause to over- 

 loading the stomach ; cold water ; acid matter, or 

 poisonous substances ; not sufficient water in dry sum- 

 mers. The treatment recommended by this author is 

 to bleed freely every day, if necessary; keep the body 

 open with castor oil, &c., afterwards give febrifuges 

 (such as glauber's salt, nitre, salt of* tartar, spirits of 

 nitrous ether) as in other cases of inflammation. 

 When the animal is recovering, give it food sparingly, 

 a little warm, such as scalding malt with warm 

 water, &c. 



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