106 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



Symptoms are g-enerally stoppag-e in the bowels, and also 

 bleeding from the anus after the stallion has served the mare, 

 or if a shaft in a runaway, this will be plainly seen. You can tell 

 the extent of the injury by oiling^ your hand and passing' it into the 

 rectum and examining it. 



Treatment. — In a case where it was done from any substance, 



such as a stick or shaft, it is best to examine and see if there is 



any sliver or piece of the stick left in the wound, and if there is 



remove it and clean the manure out of the rectum by passing your 



oiled hand up three or four times a day. After you have removed 



the manure give an injection of a little warm water and soap, 



which will have a soothing effect on the wound, and also help to 



keep the bowels regular. Feed on soft food, and only allow him 



to have a small amount of it, so as to keep the bowels empty as 



possible, without starving the animal, and give him the following 



drench. 



Raw Linseed Oil }, pint. 



Tincture of Laiirianniii 1 ounce or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Mix and give as a drench. After this, if the animal seems in 

 pain, it is well to follow up with 1 ounce or 4 tablespoonful 

 drenches of laudanum every four hours in a little hike warm water. 

 If the animal is very fleshv, it is well to give five to ten drops of 

 Fleming's tincture of aconite to keep down inflammation. 



TUMORS OR ABSCESSES IN THE RECTUM OR BACK BOWEL. 



This disease is not ver}' common. 



Causes. — When tlie bowels are costive it has a tendency to 

 cause this; or from rudely inserting the hand or an injection pipe. 



Symptoms. The symptoms are noticed most at the time of 

 making manure. He will be noticed to be in severe pain when 

 passing anything, and in some cases he will lie down from the 

 pain. If the tumor or abscess is large you will notice the animal 

 straining, but pass nothing. 



Trjatm^nt. — If it is an abscess, and you think there is matter 

 in it by feeling it, take a small knife or lance and pierce it, allow- 

 ing the matter to escape. If it is a tumor, and can be g'ot at, then 

 remove it with a knife by cutting it out. In some cases tlie 

 ecraseur (which is an instrument with a chain that squeezes it off) 

 comes in very useful in removing tumors here. The after treat- 

 ment is 'giving raw linseed oil, and feeding boiled flax seed in 

 the feed to keep the bowels loose. 



