General Management in Disease 



The horse is constantly itching the part, and 

 this leads to thickening, and wrinkling of the skin. 



Glossitis (Inflammation of Tongue) 



The tongue is sometimes inflamed from external 

 injuries, likewise through specific causes, as 

 actinomycosis (or woody tongue), in which the 

 organ is in a state of chronic inflammation. 



Gripes (or Colic) 



Pre-eminently this is the commonest disorder 

 affecting the horse, and in rare instances, cattle. 

 It receives different names, such as, fret, belly- 

 ache, the bats, etc., but the term colic should be 

 reserved for pain in the belly arising from 

 functional causes ; therefore, one may look upon 

 the following agents as chiefly responsible for colic ; 

 Sudden changes of food ; drinking excess of water 

 when over-heated ; abuse of purgatives ; feeding 

 on damaged fodder ; excess of green food ; 

 presence of worms ; lead in the drinking water 

 (lead colic); and other causes, specific and otherwise 



When it is accompanied by gas, its gravity is 

 increased, and it is not advisable for an amateur to 

 attempt treatment. 



Ordinary cases of colic are denoted by sudden 

 development of pain in the belly — the animal 

 rolling and sweating in proportion to the seventy 

 of the attack, which is of variable duration, 



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