Vlll CONTENTS. 



Paunch of llama. Movements of food in paunch. Second mastication. Aris- 

 totle and Brugnone. Quantity contained by stomachs of ruminants. Stomach of 

 the horse; of the pig; of carnivora. Crop of birds. Guizzard. Movements of the 

 stomachs. Vomiting Its mechanism. Action of stomach; of oesophagus. Horse 

 not susceptible to emetic action. Mechanical impediments. Circumstances under 

 which vomiting may occur in horses. Treatment of vomiting. Pharyngeal polypi. 

 Choking. Causes. Symptoms. Treatment. Dilatation of gullet. Stricture of 

 oesophagus. Laceration of oesophagus. Inflammation of gullet. Parasites. 

 Tympanitis or hove. Chronic hove. Impaction of paunch. Fardel bound or 

 grass staggers. Lead poisoning. Diseases of reticulum. Concretions. Fistulae. 

 Stomach staggers in the horse; mad, comatose, and paralytic forms. Diseases with 

 which they may be confounded. Treatment, Page 129 



CHAPTER IY. 



THE STOMACH. THE GASTRIC JUICE. INTESTINAL DIGESTION. 

 Impaction of the stomach in dogs. Impaction of the crop in birds. Parasites in 

 the stomach. Spiroptera. Amphistomum conicum. Strongylus contortus. 

 The horse bot. The effects of bots on the health of horses. Solvent function of 

 the stomach. Movements of stomach. Mucous membrane. Gastric glands. 

 Gastric juice. Gastric fistulae. Chemical composition and action of the gastric 

 juice. Its action on the coats of the stomach. Functional and structural disease 

 of stomach. Dilatation and contraction. Dyspepsia. Gastritis. Poisons. 

 Animal irritants. Naphtha and fish oil. Cantharides. Souse. Vegetable irri- 

 tants. Metallic irritants Non-metallic irritants. Gastrorrhcea. Intestinal diges- 

 tion. Small intestine Its coats and glands. Large intestine. Movements of the 

 intestine. The liver. Bile. The pancreas. Pancreatic juice. Intestinal secre- 

 tions. Solution of food in the intestines. Absorption. Excrement. Production 

 of concretions. Stercoral masses. Phosphatic calculi. Dust balls. Mixed 

 calculi, 193 



CHAPTEE V. 



DISEASES OP THE INTESTINE, LIVER, AND PANCREAS. 



Intestinal parasites in the horse, ox, sheep, pig, and dog. Constipation In foals. 

 Colic. Causes, viz., physical and vital. Symptoms. Complicated varieties. Post- 

 mortem appearances. Treatment. The common practices condemned. Mr Joseph 

 Gamgee senior's plan. Its certainty and safety. Results. Euptured stomach. 

 Euptured colon. Euptured rectum. Volvulus or ileus. Intussusception of the 

 small and of the large intestine. Mr Percivall on intussusception. Patho- 

 logical anatomy of the lesion. Obstructions by tumours. Ligatures of the intes- 

 tine by pedunculated growths. Enteritis. Exudative enteritis. Peritonitis. 

 Dysentery. Enzootic dysentery. Darn or wood evil. Diarrhoea. White scour in 

 lambs and calves. Dilatation of rectum. Imperforate anus. Fistula in ano. 

 Prolapsus ani. Proctorrhaea. Haemorrhoids. Hernia. Umbilical Inguinal 

 Scrotal Ventral Mesenteric. Gut- tie in cattle. Phrenic and omental herniae. 

 Diseases of the liver. Jaundice. Haepatirrhcea. Hepatitis. Biliary calculi. 

 Parasitic diseases. Pancreas. Functional and structural disorders. Pancreatic 

 calculi . 257 



