DISEASES AND ACCIDENTS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL. 



4i; 



Cut carefully so as not to wound the jugular vein. Draw the edges of the 

 gullet together with either catgut or silk, and dress it twice a day with 

 lotion No. 39. Sew the skin with silk, and after dressing the wound with 

 the ahove lotion, saturate a wad of oakum with the lotion and tie it over 

 the wound. Keep the horse on very sloppy food, and very little of it. 



WHERE TO TAP FOR STOMACH 

 STAGGERS. 



CEREBRO SL'JXAL .Mi;.\l.\e: I'l'lS 



Horse is Delirious and Partially 



Paralyzed. 



mostly oatmeal gruel, until the w^ound in the gullet is healed. Avoid 

 making the opening if possible, for it is very hard indeed at all times, 

 and sometimes utterly impossible, to make it heal, and a fatal termination 

 is often the result. 



VII. Gastritis. 



Causes. — This is inflammation of the stomach, caused by over-eating 

 at any one time, getting into a clover field or at an oat bin or corn crib. 

 l']ating poisonous herbs or accidentally eating poison also causes it. The 



MOVEMENTS IN INFLAMMATION OP THE BOWELS. 

 Horse gets up and down slowly and hesitatingly. Often mistalcen for colic. 



disease has a tendency to leave the stomach and go to the feet and cause 

 founder. On account of this tendency we seldom have occasion to treat 

 gastritis. 



