103 COLICS AND THEIR TREATMENT 



Displacement of the colon 15^% 



Torsion of the small bowels 1^% 



Rupture of the stomach 1^^% 



Simple impaction 1^% 



Rupture of the cecum 1% 



Rupture of the colon 1% 



Gastro-enteritis 1% 



Embolism, tumors, enteroliths, hernias, parasites. .. .1% 

 From the standpoint of practice colic may be classified 

 as follows : 



1. Acute dilatation of the stomach. 



2. Simple impaction of the intestines (small or large). 



3. Impaction complicated with displacement of the 

 bowel. 



4. Embolic colic. 



5. Spasdomic colic. 



6. Verminous colic. 



In the space allotted to me it would be impossible to 

 consider adequately all of these various forms in any- 

 thing like proper detail. The following notes which ap- 

 ply to the first three of the above group may offer some 

 suggestions : 



Acute Dilatation of the Stomach — ^Gastrectasis 



By this condition we understand a sudden distention of 

 the stomach due to gas formed either in the organ (pri- 

 mary) or in the bowel (secondary) due to an unusual 

 fermentation of the ingesta. This condition is very com- 

 mon in horses, forming about ten per cent of the cases 

 of colic. 



Primary dilatation is due to over-feeding, or more 

 commonly to irrational feeding, especially, where large 



