Chronic Indigestion. 



By Dr. A. S, Alexander. 



There is on ahnost every stock farm, where 

 horses are kept, at least one horse that does not ''do 

 well." His coat is coarse and stands on end; his 

 urine at times is plentiful, but at other times scant 

 and like honey. When he stands in the barn for 

 one day without work or exercise, his hind legs 

 stock up and when he is put to work he sweats 

 easily and without hard labor or sweats profuse- 

 ly after he is placed in the barn at noon or night. 

 He is a ravenous eater and gets all he wants to 

 eat, but is not satisfied and so proceeds to eat his 

 bedding. If he is watched closely, it will be seen 

 that he has the habit of raising his upper lip as 

 if yawning; his manure differs in composition 

 from time to time. Sometimes it is composed of 

 small, hard, dry balls ; at other times the balls 

 are larger and covered with slime ; again it comes 

 in masses, undigested and foul smelling. 



The horse is troubled with chronic indigestion 

 and such animals usually bolt their food without 

 proper mastication. Examination will sometimes 

 disclose the fact that the molar teeth are in such 

 condition that proper mastication is impossible. 

 It should be understood by all owners of horses 

 that the molar teeth in the horse do not com- 

 pletely pass each other when chewing. The outer 

 edge of the upper molars and the inner edge of 



