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when the animal attempts to drink; in short this is 

 tfothing more than a severe degree of catarrh or 

 cold; but, even in this complaint, moderate bleed- 

 ing is necessary, and powerful stimulants are ex- 

 tremely pernicious. — When the disease, however, 

 has not been discovered for some days, and the an- 

 imal appears much weakened by it, bleeding is of 

 course improper." 



Inflammation of the stomach. 



" The complicated structure of this organ, in ru- 

 minating animals, renders it peculiarly liable to 

 disease; inflammation, however, does not appear 

 to occur frequently as a primary disorder, but is 

 more commonly a consequence of some offensive 

 matter lodged in one of the four stomachs, or from 

 the animal's feeding so greedily, as to weaken the 

 organ, and prevent its performing its functions. In 

 either of these cases, the principal object is to get 

 rid of the offensive matter, by envigorating the 

 weakened stomachj and enabling it to expel the 

 matter by which it is oppressed. Should inflam- 

 mation attack the stomach, independently of this 

 cause, that is, without any hurtful matter having 

 been swallowed, or any improper accumulation of 

 food, the principal remedies would be plentiful 

 bleeding and abstinence from food. — White's treor- 

 txse on vetennary medicine. 



Dr. Peck says that the symptoms of this disor- 

 der are violent pain in the stomach; large blisters 

 rise sometimes. on the inside of the mouth; the 

 animal is very restless, and appears to have the 

 pain increased by every thing that is swallowed, 

 which frequently brings a cough; the body feels 

 clammy with sweat; difficulty of breathing. — 



