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RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



INTESTINAL CALCULI 



Each Calculi 



contains a thrcc-cornercd glazing ti 

 nucleus. 



for its 



Intestinal Calculi are lime stones in bowels formed by the ani- 

 mal swallowing foreign substances, such as nails, tacks, or pieces of 

 metal. While in the alimentary tract the lime contained in the food 

 and water adhere to the foreign bodies and form these lime stones, 

 as lime has a special affinity for metal, the metal nucleus is the 

 most common, although other substances may be found in a cal- 

 culus, such as balls of hair swallowed when animals lick each other. 



I'hc above cut shows a number of calculi weighing 3 pounds 

 and 8 ounces found in the large bowels of a horse eighteen months 

 after the horse had swallowed a package of window glazing tacks. 

 Each one of these stones contains for its nucleus one of these tacks. 

 The animal died of a sunstroke and on post mortem examination the 

 bunch of calculi was discovered. 



When an animal craves for such foreign substances, it is an 

 indication of indigestion. The stomach usually is sour and the 

 patient craves for alkalis. In such cases give a full dose of Bovolax, 

 one pound for a horse or cow, dissolved in a quart of warm water. 

 This will tend to remove the cause. Then follow with charcoal or 



