Diseases of the Organs of Digestion. 203 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION. 



Sporadic Aphtha, or Thrush — Diseases and Irregularities of the Teeth — Chok- 

 ing — Vomiting — Chronic Indigestion — Acute Indigestion — Constipation- 

 Colic— Enteritis, or Inflammation of the Rowels — Peritonitis, or Inflam- 

 mation of the Peritoneum — Diarrhoea — Superpurgation — Dysentery, or 

 Bloody Flux — Worms in the Intestines — Hernia, or Rupture — Dropsy of 

 the Abdomen— Congestion of the Liver — Inflammation of the Liver — 

 Jaundice — Wind-sucking, or Crib-biting. 



The majority of diseases under this head are the result 

 of mismanagement and errors of diet." With the advent 

 of care and system, disease is reduced to a minimum. 



Sporadic Aphtha or Thrush. — A faulty system of 

 feeding with food of a questionable suitability, doubtless 

 assisted by conjoint errors, induces dyspepsia and faulty 

 assimilation, bad blood, &c, and the local manifestations 

 are eruptions of small blisters or bladders upon the 

 tongue, insides of the cheek, &c. These greatly interfere 

 with mastication, and impair condition, which, perhaps, 

 is already reduced. Sometimes this simple affection 

 assumes an active character, and is managed only with 

 difficulty. 



Treatment. — Febrifuges, particularly chlorate of potash ; 

 and wash the mouth with a solution of the same, contain- 

 ing 2 or 3 drms. to a pint of water. 



Diseases and Irregularities of the Teeth re- 

 quire the attention of the veterinary surgeon without 

 delay, as the condition and services of the animal may 

 be seriously sacrificed. 



Choking. — Whatever the substance causing the ob- 

 struction is, it may be induced to pass down the gullet 

 if a draught composed of 4 oz. of linseed-oil and £ oz. 

 of sulphuric or chloric ether are mixed, and administered 



* See the manual, "How to Feed the Horse." London and 

 New York : F. Warne & Co. Price is. 



