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you were wrong, for if you have taken time to examine 

 the case you can't go amiss, and then the owner will be 

 the next one to comment on the use of the stomach tube 

 and you will get the benefit. 



At this point I would like to emphasize that so far 

 as the fluids returning of their own accord, or rather 

 from the distension of the stomach, I always think is a 

 good symptom, for had this not occurred I am sure that 

 I should have been too late in many cases, for the ac- 

 cumulation of fluids in them occurs very rapidly, and 

 many cases after two or three hours are filled and rup- 

 ture, and invariably in them the owner will tell you his 

 horse is lots better and has got so he will stand on his 

 feet, something he would not do until just lately. Do not 

 let such talk deceive you, but look carefully and note if 

 you have any trembling of the muscles, etc. 



I do not wish to impart the idea that all of this class 

 of cases of acute indigestion terminate fatally, unless a 

 stomach tube is used, for such is not the case. I have 

 seen a great many live, but on the other hand I formerly 

 had many a one taken away dead, and others have had 

 the same experience. But since using the tube, I do not 

 have this loss, nor will any one else who will follow this 

 line of treatment. 



Colic from Exhaustion 



This form of acute indigestion is often met with in 

 the heavier horses at hard work, not necessarily fast 

 work, but hard pulling, such as draying, excavating 

 work, coal, lumber and brick hauling, etc. 



Cause.— Take it on a warm, sultry day: the teams 

 are usually fed early in the morning and started 



