CHAPTER VII. 



DISEASES OP THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



I OLOSSITIS OK INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE ; AND PARALYSIS OF THE TONGUE. 



J, HOVEN OR TYMPANITIS. III. IMPACTION OP THE RUMEN, OR MAW- 



ROiiND IV IMPACTION OF THE OMASUM, OR FAKDLE-BOUND. V. DYSPEP- 



^,. Lyi CONSTIPATION. VII. DIARKHCEA, OR SCOURS. VIII. DYSEN- 



TERv. IX. ENTERITIS. X. PERITONITIS. XI. HERNIA. XII. STRAN- 

 GULATION, OR GUT-TIE. 



It will be readily seen by the annexed cut, that the stomachs of nimi- 

 nants are very complicated, and hence when out of order, serious results 

 often follow. By noticing the relative positions of the compartments. 



COMPARTMENTS OF THE STOMACH OF RUMINANTS. 



Rumen, or first compartment- 

 Keticulum, or second do. 

 Omasum, or third do. 



d- Abomasum, or fourth compartment. 

 e. CEsophagus, or gullet. 

 /. Entrance to the intestines, or pylorus. 



the following pages will be more readily understood. The four com« 

 partments (or, as they arc often termed, the four stomachs) all float 

 loosely in the cavity of the trunk, excepting the paunch (rumen), ^^^^h 

 grows to the side in the lef* flank. 



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