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THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



Intestines, tlie large, 12 

 the small, 11 

 impaction of the, So 

 Intra-intestinal injection of anti- 



zymotics in tympanites, 197 

 Iron, hydrate of, in treatment of 

 gastric tympany, 66 



Kidneys, the, 15 

 Knisely's stomach-tube, 71 



Laparo-enterotomy, diagrams of 

 incisions in, 177, 178 

 materials required for opera- 

 tion of, 174 

 preparation of materials re- 

 quired for, 175 

 Large intestine, 12 

 Lembert's sutures, 180 

 Liver, the, 14 



Materials required for the opera- 

 tion of laparo-enterotomy, 174 



Methods of watering horses, 38 



Mode of inspection of patient in 

 colic, 21 



Morphia in superpurgation, 216 



New oats as cause of gastric 

 tympany, 54 



Nux vomica in intestinal impac- 

 tion, 99 



Oats, new, cause of gastric tym- 

 pany, 54 

 Obstruction, case of, treated by 



intestinal irrigation. 162, 169 

 Obstruction of small intestines, 

 cases of, 156. 157 

 causes of, 146 

 definition of, 146 

 diagnosis of, 152 

 prognosis of, 153 

 purging in, 150 

 rectal exploration in, 150 

 symptoms of, 148 

 treatment of, 153 

 Obstruction of the colon, intestinal 



irrigation in, 161 

 Obstruction, subacute, of double 

 colon, 80 



Obstruction, subacute, of double 

 colon, causes of, 82 

 definition of, 80 

 diagnosis of, 86 

 prognosis of, 88 

 symptoms of, 83 

 treatment of, 89 

 Obstruction, subacute, of single 



colon, 137 

 Obstruction, subacute, of small 



intestines, 147 

 Obstruction, subacute, of pelvic 

 flexure of colon, 123 

 causes of, 124 

 definition of, 123 

 diagnosis of, 131 

 prognosis of, 133 

 symptoms of, 129 

 treatment of, 134 

 Obstructions, intestinal, surgical 



treatment of, 173 

 (Esophagus tube in gastric tym- 

 i pany, 71 

 Operation of laparo-enterotomy, 



i 177 



I Opium in superpurgation, 217 



Opium and aloes in intestinal im- 

 paction, reasons against, 96, 103 



Over-ripe grasses, danger in, 48 



Pain, cause of, in intestinal im- 

 paction, 93 



Pancreas, the, 14 



Paralysis of rectum, 139, 143 



Passage of food through the diges- 

 tive canal of horse, time occupied 

 in, 31 



Patient, mode of inspection of, 21 



Pelvic flexure of colon, subacute 

 obstruction of, 123 



Percussion in diagnosis, 27 



Peritoneum, the, 8 



Physiological predisposing causes 

 of colic, 28, 31 



Physostigmine in intestinal im- 

 paction, 100, 135, 144 



Position of abdominal incision in 

 laparo-enterotomy, 177 



Predisposing, anatomical, causes 

 of colic, 29, 30 



