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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



legs. Such unnatural positions show the intense pain which leads to sucTfc 

 attitudes to get relief. 



CKKATURAL ATTITUDE INDICATIVE OP ABDOMINAL INJURY. 



XII. Gorged Stomach. 



When this occurs from over feeding, the bowels should be immediately 

 relieved by removing the contents by repeated injections of warm water. 

 Let the animal be gently walked about, and warmly clothed in cold 

 weather. The operator must act according to circumstances. If discov- 



P08ITION ASSUMED BY HORSE SUFFERING FROM ABDOMINAL INJURY. 



ered early, or before colic sets in, give the following to evacuate th» 

 bowels after having relieved them by injections : 



No. 110. 



6 Drachms powdered aloes, 

 1 Ounce sirup of buckthorn, 

 1 Ounce tincture of ginger. 



