92 DISEASES OF CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, ETC. 



no appetite, no rumination, or peristalsis. The mouth is hot and 

 sticky, the eyes have receded in their sockets, and milk secretion is 

 ceased. In such cases the outlook for recovery is unfavorable. The 

 patient falls away in flesh and becomes weaker, as is shown by the fact 

 that one frequently finds it lying down. 



Treatment. Small quantities of roots, sweet silage, or selected 

 grass or hay should be offered several times daily. Very little food 

 should be allowed. Aromatic and demulcent drafts may be given 

 to produce a soothing effect on the mucous lining of the stomachs 

 and to promote digestion. Two ounces of camomile flowers should 

 be boiled for 20 minutes in a quart of water and the infusion on 

 cooling should be given to the affected animal. This may be re- 

 peated about three times a day. When constipation is present the 

 following purgative may be administered : One pound of Glauber's 

 salts dissolved in a quart of linseed tea and a pint of molasses. 

 After this purgative has acted, if there is a lack of appetite and 

 the animal does not ruminate regularly, the powder mentioned in 

 remarks on the treatment of chronic tympanites may be given ac- 

 cording to directions. The diet must be rather laxative and of a 

 digestible character after an attack of this form of indigestion. 

 Food should be given in moderate quantities, as any excess by over- 

 taxing the digestive functions may bring on a relapse. Ice-cold 

 water should be avoided. 



Indigestion From Drinking Cold Water (Colic). This dis- 

 order is produced by drinking copiously of cold water, which arrests 

 digestion and produces cramp of the fourth stomach, probably of 

 the other stomachs, and also of the bowels. 



Causes. It is not customary for the ox to drink much water 

 at once. In fact, he usually drinks slowly and as if he were merely 

 tasting the water, letting some fall out at the corners of his mouth 

 at every mouthful. It would, therefore, seem to be contrary to the 

 habits of the ox to drink largely ; but we find that during hot weather, 

 when he has been working, and is consequently very thirsty, if he 

 drinks a large quantity of cold water he may be immediately taken 

 with a very severe colic. Cows which are fed largely on dry hay 

 drink copiously, like the working ox, and become affected in pre- 

 cisely the same manner. In such cases they are seized with a chill 

 or fit of trembling before the cramps come on. 



Symptoms. There is some distention of the abdomen, but no 

 accumulation of gas. As the distention and pain occur immedi- 

 ately after the animal has drunk the water, there can be no doubt 

 as to the exciting cause. 



Treatment. "Walk the animal about for 10 minutes before 

 administering medicine, as this allows time for a portion of the con- 

 tents of the stomach to pass into the bowel, and renders it safer to 

 give medicine. In many cases the walking exercise and the diar- 

 rhea bring about a spontaneous cure of this disorder, but as in some 

 instances the cramps and pains of the stomachs persist, one may 

 give 1 ounce of sulphuric ether and 1 ounce of tincture of opium, 

 shaken up with a pint of warm water, and repeat the dose in half 



