204 Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, 



with care. If this does not succeed, a second dose may 

 be given in half an hour; otherwise the services of a 



qualified practitioner must be 

 obtained, who will perhaps 

 pass the probang. Neglected 

 cases are apt to bring about 

 laceration of the gullet, which 

 may endanger life. In simple 

 cases even stricture may be 

 the result, and the creature 

 is repeatedly suffering from 

 choking. 



Vomiting is not a natural 



act in the horse. When it 



occurs, we may always infer that some abnormal state is 



present, consisting of inordinate fulness of the stomach, 



or perhaps some morbid lesion of the gullet.* 



Chronic Indigestion.— This follows as a result ot 



Toothache. 



Chronic Indigestic 



irregular work and feeding, and is finally developed by 

 the use of all kinds of remedies, the nature of which are 

 not understood by the attendant. Irregular and decayed 

 teeth are also known to be the cause, and sometimes the 



* For important information on this subject, see the larger work, 

 "Every Man his own Horse Doctor." London and New York ; 

 F. Warne & Co. Price 2 is. 300 illustrations. 



