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beats to the minute ; the countenance wears an anxious look ; he is very un- 

 easy ; when not getting up and down he is turning around ; if in a box stall, 

 he looks around to his sides, paws, raises his legs up towards the body ; the 

 breathing is hurried ; there is profuse sweating ; the pulse is soft at first, 

 but grows gradually harder, faster, and at last it gets wiry, and finally 

 imperceptible ; the extremities get cold, and the horse wears himself owt 



POSITION ASSUMED BY HOUSE SUFFERING FROM ABDOMINAL INJURY. 



with the pain and constant moving about. Towards 

 the last, the pain will apparently abate a little ; he 

 will stand quiet for a while ; brace his legs till he 

 cannot resist any longer, and will reel and drop, the 

 hind end first, generally. He dies in the course of 

 eight to twenty hours after the first symptom, but in 

 some instances the horse will die in six hours after the 

 very first symptom. Sometimes they get perfectly 

 crazy with the pain, and they will rear, run, climb 

 over anything, tear down the stalls, etc. They can 

 bear no pressure on the belly without pain. 



What to do. — Treatment is of very little use, for 

 a genuine case of enteritis is always incurable, but it 

 is best to try always. At first, it is usually taken for colic, and the pre- 

 scribed drenches are given for that disease ; but when you notice the pain 

 is continuous and the pulse runs up, it is sufficient evidence to locate the 

 trouble as inflammation of the lining of the large intestines ; then give 

 No. 56, and apply a mustard paste to the belly. After it has been on an 

 hour, wash it off and repeat it, or apply No. 41, and confine the fumes 

 with a blanket. A few minutes after giving the oil, give No. 52 ; repeat 

 the latter every half hour, if necessary to keep him easy. Give No. 30, 

 continuously, in addition to the others. Also give injections of soap an<? 



ENTERITIS. 



A test for enteritis, the 

 mouth usually being 

 found hot and dry. 



