420 CJfCLOrKDlA OF LIVK STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR, 



Favorable symptoms are cessation of pain ; free evacuation of gas per 

 rectum ; pulse returns to its normal condition ; ears and extremities re- 

 gain their natural temperature ; sweating stops, and the horse returns to 

 his feed and customary habits. 



What to do. — As soon as it is discovered, give the following: 



No. 53. 1 Tablespoonful bicarbonate soda Csaleratus), 



1 Teacupful water, 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, and repeat it, if necessary, in ten minutes. 



Give warm water injections, being careful not to push the nozzle of the 

 syringe through a gut ; for the intestines crowd backward so hard that it 

 is ^^ery difficult to give injection enough to amount to anything, although 

 it is best to try. If the soda does no good, give the following: 



No. 54. 1 Ounce turpentine, 



% Pint raw linseed oil, 

 1 Ounce laudanum. 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, and repeat it in fifteen minutes, if necessary. It 

 this proves ineffectual, give 



No. 55. 1 Ounce chloroform. 



1 Pint raw linseed oil. 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, and repeat, if necessary, in half an hour. 



Bind hot water rags to the belly, and keep them hot. 



As a last resort, if the flatulence does not yield to the above treatment, 



the trocar and cannula may be used. Let it be a small one, not over one 



quarter inch in diameter and three inches long ; 



I I II ^ *^P find the center of a triangle formed by the 



last rib, point of the hip, and the edofes nearest 



TROCHAR PROVIDED WITH , n i j. i • . . 



CANNULA FOR PUNCTUR- thc flauk of the spmes in the loins ; clip off 

 iNG THE ABDOMEN. ^^^^ j^.^-^.^ ^^^ p.^gg ^j^^ trochar in slowly 



and firmly, pointing it in and down at the same time, so as to 

 avoid wounding the kidney ; leave the cannula in there, but draw out the 

 trocar, and, if the gut that is distended is tapped, the gas will rush out. 

 Sometimes f cecal matter will clog the cannula ; if so, pass in a smal) 

 piece of whalebone, or other probe, to remove it from the lower end. If 

 no gut is tapped, try the same operation on the other side. It makes no 

 difference which side is tapped, for there is no paunch adherent to the 

 side of horses, as in cattle. The treatment by the mouth may be kept 

 up while this is done. 



?nien they drop from suffocation, or when ruprure takes place, it is 

 too late to do anything ; but, in every case, persevere till either one or 

 the other of these tells you further effort is useless. 



