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Internal 



Disease and probable cause. 



STOMACH AND BOWELS— 



( Concld. ) 

 DROPSY or WATER 

 FARCY, from chronic 

 debility or fever. 



DIARRHOEA, from un- 

 wholesome diet or hard 

 riding, or debility. 



CONSTIPATION, or COS- 

 TIVENESS, from want 

 of water to drink, or too 

 dry feeding, or want of 

 exercise. 



WORMS, from unwhole- 

 some diet or bad water, 

 are of 12 different sorts, 

 only two of which are 

 common, viz., round 

 worms [lumhrici), infest- 

 ing the small intestines, 

 and threadworms [asca- 

 rides), about 1^ inches 

 long, which prefer the 

 rectum. 



KIDNEYS AND BLADDER, 

 INFLAMMATION OF 

 KIDNEYS, or 

 NEPHRITIS, from using 

 strong diuretics* or exer- 

 tion. 



Symptoms. 



Belly and legs swelled, rum- 

 bling bowels^ feverish and 

 constipated. 



Purges in siuall quantities at 

 every movement : feverish. 



Belly swelled ; duua dry and 

 h«rd, and a good deal of 

 straining to get it out. 



Voracious appetite, but out 

 of condition. Worms can 

 be seen in the dung. The 

 horse rubs his tail to allay 

 irritation, Tlu'ead worms' 

 eggs can often be seen 

 just below the anus like 

 a light yellow A\axy sub- 

 tance. 



Legs straddled, back reach- 

 ed, bladder not distended. 

 Thirst, feverish ; constant 

 attempts, partially suc- 

 cessful, to pass urine, 

 which is high-coloured or 

 bloody. 



iVote.— Diuretics are rnedioines to piomote 



