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among the probabilities that the stones would be near enough to the 

 rectum, to be reached l)y the hand. 



XIX. Intussusception and Gut Tie. 



This is the slipping of a part of a gut into another part, like turning a 

 finger of a glove partly wrong side out. It is rather uncommon. A case 

 was lately seen by the writer, in which the l)lind end of the coecum was 

 turned into the other part, the fold coming at the intersection of the 

 small intestines. 



Causes. — The cause of intussusception is purely accidental. 



How to know It. — There are signs of bowel trouble ; colicky pains that 

 come on gradually ; the horse looks around ; paws ; stretches at full 

 length, which is a tolerably characteristic symptom ; gets up and down ; 

 the pulse rises and has a tendency to become hard and wiry ; legs and 

 ears get cold ; patches of cold sweat break out over the l)ody ; the pulse 

 gets smaller and harder ; the muscles tremble, and death soon follows, 

 which is caused by strangulation of the gut and mortification of the part 

 affected. 



Post mortem examination shows great swelling of the gut, sometimes 

 to an inch thick, and the mortified portion will be black. 



What to do. — As soon as any rise or change in the pulse is detected, 

 especially if there is stretching and colicky pains, give recipe No. 56, hot 

 water injections, and hot water rugs to the belly. If this does not give 

 relief in an hour, give No. 55, and repeat it every two hours till relief is 

 got ; in between these doses, if necessary to keep down the pain, give No. 

 52. In some cases the intestines will return to their proper place, and 

 their functions go on naturally again, but in some cases all efforts are 

 unavailing, and death takes place in from ten to thirty hours. 



Gut Tie. — This is similar in effect ; the boAvel gets into a half knot 

 and strangulation follows the same as in intussusception. 



Gut Twist — This is a twisting of a gnt by turning partly over. If it 

 does not right itself, strangulation and death are the inevitable result. 



