DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. 



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CHUONIC INDIGESTION 



Is produced in various ways, and is characterized by an unthrifty 

 condition in generaL The coat is diy and staring. The animal 

 may be subject to slight attacks of colic, sHglit diarrhoea, or con- 

 stipation. The liver is frequently affected by chronic indiges- 

 tion, in which case there will be a yellowish tinge of all the 

 mucous membranes. The animal may have a ravenous appetite, 

 and on the following day refuse food. 



Tkeatment. — Give six drachms of aloes together with a half 

 drachm of calomel. Place rock salt in the trough. Alcohol in 

 its various forms is beneficial. Charcoal may be used with 

 benefit, as also bicarbonate of soda in three-drachm doses 

 three times a day. He should finally be put on a course of nux 

 vomica. This should be given in drachm doses of the powders 

 twice a day. 



GASTRITIS. 



Inflammation of the stomach is generally caused by taking 

 medicines of an irritable character, as arsenic poisoning, etc. 



Fig. 106 — Inflammation of the Stomach. 



Symptoms. — The animal manifests great pain, the pulse runs 

 down. The case is difiicult to diagnose in the horse, but in the 

 dog the diagnosis is easy. 



