years after. At times, the feeding trougli, in front of cattle, is 

 found full of vomited matter. This derangement is generall}' due to 

 foods containing an excess of starchy matter, as potatoes ; from 

 chronic disease of the stomach ; or from obstruction of the small 

 intestine. For Treatment : Ounce doses of bicarbonate or hypo- 

 sulphite of soda, with half a pint of whisky, in water, three or four 

 times a day, can be recommended, along with linseed jelly, or skim- 

 milk, containing half-pint doses of lime-water, to drink. 



300. The Second Stomach. — There are no set symptoms to 

 indicate any derangement of this compartment. As already stated, it 

 is a receptacle for all kinds of foreign bodies — some of which, such as 

 darning needles, shawl pins, pieces of wire, occasionally pass through 

 its wall, thence through the diaphragm to the lungs and heart (see 

 Lecture VIII. on Civculation). In cases of derangement of the paunch 

 the second stomach may also be implicated. 



301. Indigestion, or Impaction of the Third Stomach. — 

 Fardel Bound. — Cattle, when hard fed in stalls, or in spring, 

 getting a chill at grass, or through eating a mixture of old, dead, 

 and new sprmg grass, or the deciduous stipules, or " bud scales " 

 falling from oak trees (" yak-buds," Cumberland,) frequently suffer 

 from indigestion and constipation. Here rumination, the action 

 of the bowels, and the secretion of milk, are suspended. The 

 animal stands in an extremely stiff and listless fashion, emitting a 

 continuous grunt and grinding its teeth, while on pressure being applied 

 to the spine, behind the shoulders, it is likely to fall on its knees, 

 uttering painful groans. The function of the manyfolds being stopped, 

 the leaves of the organ become partially paralysed from impaction of 

 the food. Any of the causes affecting the rumen may also occasion 

 derangement of this pouch, and a somewhat similar Treatment 

 must be adopted (par. 297). Small doses of purgative medicine, with 

 cordials (see appendix), and from 12 to 15 ounces of linseed oil, or castor 

 oil, may be given, with advantage, every six or eight hours, following' 

 up this treatment by offering small quantities of rough oat-sheaf, dry 

 hay, cabbage leaves, &c., to induce and encourage the action of 



