Stomach Lavage in Acute Indi- 

 gestion of the Horse* 



D. O. KNISELY, D. V. S., TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



With this, as with many other ailments of the horse, 

 we have several different phases, which differences we 

 are unable, in many cases, to adequately explain. With- 

 out attempting to explain them I shall try to describe 

 some of these different forms of indigestion and to out- 

 line, briefly, the treatment I employ for each. 



Colic from Overeating 



First consider engorgement of the stomach. Not 

 that I really consider it acute indigestion, for it is not ; yet 

 in so many of these cases the symptoms approximate 

 those of acute indigestion and the treatments are so 

 nearly the same that I think it may well be described 

 with this class. 



To illustrated this similarity, take a typical case of 

 recent occurrence in my own practice. A small, black 

 horse, aged eighteen years; a very fat, well-preserved 

 animal, and a good individual, even at this age, and ap- 

 parently well cared for, was brought to me for treatment. 



The evening preceding this attack he had been taken 

 out for a drive, and afterwards put away as usual, about 

 10 p. m. The next morning he was found down in the 

 stall, rolling from side to side, and very badly bloated. 



♦Reprinted from the April, 1913, issue of the American Journal of Vet- 

 erinary Medicine, 



