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fed upon certain kinds of food. The intestinal passage 

 finally becomes blocked, and death ensues. Abnormal 

 growths, the result of a degenerative process, are occasion- 

 ally found in the colon. 



Constrictions, congenital cul de sacs, etc., are also oc- 

 casionally met with in connection with the bowels. 



Hernia, Intestinal. — By intestinal hernia is meant the 

 passing of a portion of intestine through the mesenteric 

 membrane. The resulting pain is not very great, but death 

 is certain. 



Symptoms. — The general symptoms of intestinal tumours, 

 constrictions, cul de sacs, hernia, etc., are colicky pains. 

 The patient paws and rolls, throws himself about, but not 

 so violently as in a well-marked case of colic. The pulse is 

 not so full and bounding as in a case of enteritis, and it 

 gradually becomes quicker. There is always obstinate 

 constipation. Sometimes the patient sits upon his 

 haunches. The pulse becomes quick and Aveak, the eye 

 takes on an amaurotic stare, the body and extremities 

 become deathly cold, cold sweats bedew the body, and 

 death soon follows. As a rule the animal lives for two or 

 three days after the first appearance of the disease. During 

 life it is impossible to tell exactly what the trouble consists 

 of, and such knowledge can only be obtained by making a 

 post-mortem examination, when some of the conditions 

 above-mentioned, or an abscess as a result of irregular 

 strangles, etc., may be found to have been the cause of death. 



Treatment — Opiates to relieve pain, and quietude; but 

 death usually occurs. 



INTESTINAL CONCRETIONS. 



Intestinal concretions, or as they are frequently called, 

 abdominal calculi, dust balls, etc., consist of formations or 

 masses of hard material, usually round or nearly so in shape, 



