DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. 463 



and covered with a stiff pitch plaster. A pound of epsom salts 

 should be administered, followed with iron sulphate, two 

 drachms; powdered gentian, two drachms; powdered nux vomica, 

 one drachm, twice a day. If the animal is entirely off feed, the 

 medicines above may be given in the form of tincture in similar 

 doses. 



IMPACTION OF THE MANYPLIES. 



This occurs generally as a symptom of disease in some other 

 parts, or may occur as an independent disease. A dry, and even 

 caked, condition of the manyplies does not prove conclusively 

 that dryness of the food in the stomach caused death. Fevers 

 and an inflammation of the different stomachs may cause impac- 

 tion of the manyplies. It may 

 occur from feeding on dry food 

 and an insufficient quantity of 

 water, or perhaps from inferio'i' 

 food. 



Symptoms. — The animal is 

 dull, refuses feed, the muzzle 

 is dry and hot, the breathing 

 increased; the animal grunts ^'S- 134-Impaction of the 



after each respiration, and the 



pulse is quickened. There Avill be more or less diarrhoea, fol- 

 lowed by constipation. In many instances the animal strains 

 violentl}' and passes both blood and mucus. 



Treatment. — Give a pound of epsom salts, half pound of 

 table salt in a drench, and follow with laudanum, two ounces; 

 alcohol, one ounce, every four hours. During convalescence the 

 tonics should be made use of. 



When cattle suffer with spasmodic colic, enteritis, dysentery, 

 diarrhoea, etc., the nature, causes, symptoms, and treatment are 

 similar to like cases in the horse. 



