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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



What to do. (^ive recipe No. 59, and give injections of starch with 

 one ounce of landannni in each injection; repeat the latter every half 





IMPACTION OF LARGE BOWEL. 



A SUFFERKR PROM CONSTIPATION. 



The tucked-up belly, the attitude, and 



general expression of suffering are 



plainly shown. 



hour. Jn one hour after takin«^ No. 59 give No. 5S, and in another hour, 

 if the straining continues, give No. 60, and the following injection : 



No. 61. 



1 Ounce tinctui'e of opium, 

 1 Ounce .sulphuric ether, 

 1 Quart starch, 

 Mix. 



If no improvement takes place in the course of ten hours, give a pint 

 of raw oil and repeat the injection every half hour. 



XVI. Enteritis. 



Inflammation of the bowels takes two forms, according to the part 

 affected. Enteritis is inflammation of the mucous lining of the bowel ; 

 the next subject, peritonitis, is inflammation of the outer or serous 

 covering of the bowel. 



Causes. — Irritating substances in the food ; catching cold which settles 

 in the bowels, continuation of colic, either spasmodic or flatulent ; and 

 poison. 



How to know It. — There is continuous pain, light at first, and increasing 

 as the inflammation develops. It is different from colic, for which it might 

 be taken by an ordinary observer, in that it is continuous, while colic is in- 

 termittent ; in colic, the horse throws himself down ; in enteritis belies down 

 carefully ; the pulse is raised to seventy-five or eighty, or even a hundred 



