REMEDY FOR BOTS, STOMACH RUPTURE, ETC. 101 



it releases its hold, is conveyed to the intestines, and 

 sooner or later expelled. It dries, assumes a crysalis state 

 for about two months, and then is born as a gad-fly. 



Remedy. — Turpentine and oils, bitters, hydrochloric 

 acid, copper and iron sulphates, arsenic ; then purgatives. 

 Green fodder. Destroy larvae and fly. 



For doses, see pages 13 to 29. 



RUPTURE OF STOMACH 



Is a natural though not necessary termination of unre- 

 lieved gorged stomach, and perhaps also chronic indiges- 

 tion or other disease. It may also be caused by the strain 

 of vomiting, or attempted vomiting, the struggles of the 

 horse while suffering, stones in the stomach, external vio- 

 lence, &c. It is peculiar to old and exhausted horses. 

 Fatal. Morphine injected under the skin will afford some 

 relief. 



FLATULENT STOMACH (COLIC), 



Is caused by the stomach or intestines, or both, becom- 

 ing distended with air or gas (gas from food). The dis- 

 order is usually caused by green food — grass, wheat, rye, 

 &c. The condition of the stomach is sometimes an im- 

 portant factor. Crib-biters are predisposed to colic. A 

 sharp trot will often give a crib-biter relief. 



Remedy. — See ' Colic, Spasmodic and Flatulent/ pages 

 102, 103, 104. 



POLYPUS (TUMOR) OF STOMACH. 



Dr. Brown describes one, weighing 7^ ounces, that ap- 

 parently caused no inconvenience till it obstructed the 

 pylorus. It had a rather tortuous pedicle, 3 inches long 

 by 1 in diameter, with an artery and 2 veins in its cen- 

 ter. About 15 inches of " the first small gut were mor- 

 tified," 



