DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE H©RSE. 105 



Mix in some of the mother's milk and give as a drench. 



The dose must be given in proportion to the size of the foal. 



After this follow up with the following : 



Tincture of Laudanum 1 dram, or 1 teaBpoonfi^ 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 " 1 " 



Common Soda 1 teaspoonf uL 



Ginger 1 



Mix in a little of the mother's milk and give as a drench 



every four hours until the animal gets relief. 



BALLS FOUND IN THE BOWELS (CALCULI). 



They are chiefly made up of lime, and vary from the size of a 

 marble to twenty pounds. They generally commence by the 

 animal drinking or eating a piece of brass or iron, or anything 

 which will have a tendency to collect the lime. 



Causes. — Generally from feeding the sweepings of a mill floor, 

 or such like. It may take the ball a long time to collect before it 

 gets large enough to stop the passage, the balls are generally 

 found in the large bowels. 



Symptoms. — The first symptoms of this are, for a while, the 

 animal is subjected to wind colic, which afterwards, sooner or 

 later, as the ball gets larger, terminates in a complete stoppage ot 

 the bowels, which sets up inflammation and generally terminates 

 in death from twenty-four to forty-eight hours after the complete 

 stoppage in the bowels. 



Treatment. — In a pure case of this kind nothing can be done, 

 only give doses of laudanum, 1 ounce or 4 tablespoonfuls every 

 couple of hours to relieve the pain while the animal lives. In the 

 first symptoms, give a good dose of physic, and in all cases 

 where you suspect this disease it is best to examine the rectum or 

 back bowel by oiling your hand and passing it into the rectum, 

 and if you can feel the ball, remove it with your hand. 



RUPTURE OF THE RECTUM OR BACK BOWEL. 



This is a very serious injury, but in some cases they will 

 recover, especially if the rupture ison the upper side of the rectum. 



Causes. — Are generally from some foreign substance, such as 

 the shaft of a buggy in a runaway, or any other such cause, 

 entering in at the anus into the back bowel and rupturing it. It 

 has also been caused from what is known as mal-address. This 

 is when the stallion, serving a mare, enters into the wrong 

 passage. 



