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THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



Colic, physiological predisposing 

 causes of, 28, 31 

 treatment of, in foals, 221 

 in yearlings and two- 

 year-olds, 219 

 Colon, calculus in small, 187 



intestinal irrigation in obstruc- 

 tion of, 161 

 the, 13 



single, 14 

 Comparison of human with equine 

 colic, 4, 32 



Danger in over-ripe grasses, 48 

 of sedatives in gastric tym- 

 pany, 68 

 Definition of enteritis, 200 

 of gastric impaction, 47 



tympany, 52 

 of intestinal tympany, 189 

 of ruptured stomach, 73 

 of subacute obstruction of 

 double colon, 80 

 pelvicflexure of the colon, 



123 

 single colon, 137 

 small intestines, 147 

 of superpurgation, 213 

 Derivation of colic, i 

 Diagnosing, history of case in, 



22 

 Diagnosis, care in, 24 

 of enteritis, 206 

 of gastric impaction, 50 



tympany, 59 

 of intestinal tympany, 191 

 of ruptured stomach, 76 

 of subacute obstruction of 

 double colon, 86 

 pelvicflexure of the colon, 



131 



single colon, 142 

 small intestines, 152 

 of superpurgation, 215 

 respiratory movements in, 23 

 Diagrams of incisions in operation 



of laparo-enterotomy, 177, 178 

 Diarrhoea, treatment of, in young 



animals, 222 

 Dilatation of the stomach, 52 



Domestication an exciting cause 



of colic, 35 

 Double colon, cases of subacute 

 obstruction of, 108, 122 

 subacute obstruction of, 80 

 Duodenal S-trap, 10, 11 



Enteritis, 200 



causes of, 203 

 definition of, 200 

 diagnosis of, 206 

 prognosis of, 208 

 sedatives in, 209 

 symptoms of, 205 

 treatment of, 209 

 or intestinal septic infection, 

 203 

 Enterocentesis in intestinal tym- 

 pany, 192 

 seat of, 194 

 Equine colic compared with 



human, 4, 32 

 Errors in stable-management pro- 

 ductive of colic, 36 

 Eructation in gastric tympany, 58 

 Eserine in intestinal impaction, 

 100, 144 

 value of, in gastric tympany, 

 69 

 Examination of the patient, 21 

 Exciting cause of colic, domestica- 

 tion an, 35 

 food as an, 36 

 water as an, 37 

 of intestinal impaction, 93 

 Exploration, rectal, 26 

 External incision in laparo-entero- 

 tomy, 177 



Flatulent colic, 189 



Foals, treatment of colic in, 221 



Food as an exciting cause of colic, 



36 

 Friedberger's classification of 



equine colics, 2 



Gases present in gastric tympany, 



65 

 Gastrectasis, 52 

 Castric impaction, 47 



