DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



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on the food. This stomach is apt to suffer from want of moisture, 

 whereupon the food becomes impacted between the leaves, leading to 

 inflammation. This condition is variously known as fardle-bound, bake 

 of the many-plies, bake of the manifolds, etc. 



RUMEN EXPOSED FOR MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF ITS CONTENTS. 



How to know it. — It comes on gradually as an ordinary case of con- 

 stipation, with a))dominal pain, a looking around to the right side, and 

 disinclination lo move ; fever sets in, and slowly increases as the disease 

 makes progress ; there is great tenderness in the right side just below the 

 ribs, at which point a hard round substance can be felt ; the colic pains 

 and fever grow more intense ; the animal makes constant attempts to pass 

 faices ; delirium and vertigo set in, and death soon follows. 



What to do. — The treatment must be prompt and persistent. Give a 

 full cathartic as follows : 



No. 26. l}i Pounds epsom salts, 



2 Ounces ginger, 

 2 Ounces gentian, 

 2 Drachms calomel, 

 20 Drops croton oil, 



1 Pint syrup, 



2 Quarts warm water. 



Mix. 



Give as one dose, and encourage the drinking of as much water after- 

 wards, from time to time, as jiossible. Give injections of warm water 

 and soap every half hour. If it is cold weather, blanket the patient 



