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principally in the large intestines. The symptoms greatly resemble 

 those of Spasmodic Colic, but, in addition, the animal is much 

 swollen. If it is in great pain, a similar draught to that described 

 under Spasmodic Colic may be given, and tobacco injections thrown 

 into the rectum. (Unroll from eight to ten inches of twist tobacco, 

 and put in a quart of boiling water, strain, and when as warm as new 

 milk, i.e., g8° to ioo° F., give as an enema). If this does not give relief, 

 veterinary aid should at once be summoned, when, possibly, the 

 intestines may have to be punctured to allow the gas to escape, as in 

 Par. 243. Sometimes two ounces of bi-carbonate of soda, in a pint of 

 water, with half a pint of whisky, will be found to answer very well, 

 when the annual is not fnuch pained. (Foy further Treatment, see 

 Appendix.) Both Flatulent' and Spasmodic Colic, if not attended to, 

 may run on and terminate in enteritis, or fatally. 



258, Enteritis, or Inflammation of the Bowels, is, as a rule, 

 a very fatal disease in the horse, death frequently taking place in five 

 or six hours. The symptoms, at the onset, are much the same as those 

 exhibited in colic, with this exception, that in enteritis, there are no 

 intervals of rest, the pain being continuous. There is a peculiar dejected 

 appearance, and an anxious expression on the animal's face ; the 

 nostrils are dilated, and very red inside, and excessive perspiration 

 covers the body, followed by cold, clammy sweats. At length, the 

 pain disappears, the animal stands quietly, trembling, and sighing 

 heavily ; the pulse, which at first was full and bounding, now becomes 

 small, weak, and scarcely perceptible, when the patient finally drops 

 and dies. 



259. Numerous lesions of the horse's bowels also occur, such as 

 large clots of blood found between the outer and inner walls of the 

 intestines, the symptoms of which are of a sub-acute nature. Loops 

 or Knots are also met with, and in these cases a rent has been made 

 in the mesentery, or net — generally caused by the horse rolling and 

 tossing about in colic — and through this a portion of the small 

 intestine is pushed, becoming strangulated, and filled with dark, 

 congested bloody fluid. The expression of pain, in such cases, is 



