290 APPENDIX. 



The intestines assume the same names as those already- 

 described in the horse. They are more capacious, and of a 

 greater length, than those of the horse. 



Internal and External Relations. — Through the instrumen- 

 tality of the nervous structure, there is constantly a sympathy 

 kept up between the different parts of the animal ; whenever 

 any part is affected, the corresponding part feels the influence. 

 Thus the external surface is opposed to the mucous and serous 

 membranes, as of the lungs, alimentary canal, pleura, and 

 peritoneum ; so that if the function of either of these be di- 

 minished, or excessive, or suspended, that of the correspond- 

 ing, or antagonistic, will soon become excessive, or suspended, 

 and the restoration of the lost function is the ,only true way 

 to effect a**cure ; hence we repeat what has already been 

 stated in part first. 



The indications of cure are, to relax, contract, stimulate, 

 and furnish the animal with proper materials for nutrition: 

 this constitutes the whole modus operandi of the medical art. 



For example, if the animal is suffered to feed in wet situa 

 tions, the feet and external sin-face become cold ; and hence 

 catarrh, garget, and fluxes, the only sure cure for which is to 

 remove the animal to a dry, warm situation. Restore the lost 

 function by rubbing the surface, and by the application of 

 warmth and moisture ; if there is not enough vitality to equal- 

 ize the circulation, administer warm antispasmodics, (which 

 see.) If the feet are chilled by standing in damp pastures, 

 the circulation of the blood is interrupted, and it will accu- 

 mulate in the cranium or abdomen. 



Again, if the many plus is distended with food, the animal 

 will appear dull and sleepy, and the proper correction is to 

 dilute the accumulated mass with warm stimulants. 



If a mass of hardened food is suffered to remain in any part 

 of the stomach for want of power in the digestive organs to 

 assimilate it, then irritation is the consequence, and inflam- 

 mation follows. The reader must remember that inflamma- 

 tion is the concentration of the available vital force too much 

 upon a small region of the body, and that it is invited there 



