12 COLICS AND THEIR TREATMENT 



ing methods fully as great as that originated by Reeks. 

 The credit for the introduction of the stomach tube and 

 its popularizing among the profession of America is 

 chiefly due to Dr. D. O. Knisely, of Topeka, Kansas, 

 who by his continuous and persistent advocacy of stom- 

 ach lavage, in the American Journal of Veterinary 

 Medicine, at all seasons and at all times, has made it a 

 recognized treatment for colics in nearly every veterinary 

 hospital in the land. Indeed there are but few practition- 

 ers in this country who do not possess a stomach tube. 



Unfortunately, Doctor Knisely has not been able to con- 

 vince the profession in Europe of the advantages "of 

 removing the cause of the trouble at its source expedi- 

 tiously, safely and surely," and the stomach tube is now, 

 ten years after its introduction, almost wholly unknown 

 and unused by any but American veterinarians. 



It is hoped that the detailed description of the modus 

 operandi of stomach lavage, given in this work, will im- 

 prove the technic of many whose success with this method 

 of treating colics has not been as great as it should be 

 when properly carried out, and that others who have not 

 as yet employed this all but indispensable contrivance in 

 the treatment of colic will be induced to use it by the 

 preponderance of testimony to its efficacy. 



The third material advance in the treatment of colics 

 during a generation was the introduction of "E. L. 

 Quitman's vest-pocket stomach tube," as it is popu- 

 larly named ; i. e., the administration of an antiferment 

 that is really effective in the stomach and intestines — 

 salicylic acid. This treatment is not employed as gen- 

 erally as its value merits and if this volume accom- 



