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perate means to remove it. This is all wrong. 

 Remove the inflammation, and the bowels will 

 then move of themselves, while the balls and 

 cathartics administered during the inflammation, 

 will only increase the difficulty, and even prevent 

 the possibility of a cure. 



PERITONITIS, INFLAMMATION OF THE 

 PERITENEUM. 



The delicate membrane lining the abdominal 

 cavity, and covering the parts within it, is termed 

 the periteneum, and is occasionally the subject of 

 inflammation. 



It not unfrequently follows the gelding of the 

 horse, especially if he is too soon afterwards 

 turned out to grass, or during cold or wet weather. 

 Exposure to cold, standing in drafts, or drinking 

 cold water, may produce it ; and it follows a stab 

 in the belly, or a rupture of some of the viscera, 

 and the flow of the contents into the abdomen. 



SYMPTOMS. A few days after catting the colt, 

 the yard and sheath will be found swelled and 

 painful ; little or no matter flows from the cut ; 

 the animal is restless and uneasy : the belly is 

 painful when pressed against, and swelled with 

 watery fluid ; the legs are cold ; the bowels 

 bound ; skin is rough and dry : no food is eaten ; if 

 loose, he rests his hind quarters on the side of the 

 stall ; the swelling in the legs, breast and sheath 

 increases ; the breathing becomes quick and pain- 

 ful ; the pulse hard, quick, and by degrees, small 

 and weak. These gradually become worse until 

 the animal dies. 



