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been fairly tried, the anodyne clyster may be 

 injected. 



With respect to the causes of peritonseal 

 inflanuiiation, the most usual appears to be 

 hioh feedino- and want of exercise; it is not 

 unfrequentiy oceasioncd, however, by putting 

 a horse suddenly into Avarni stables when 

 taken from caniD or orass. The fatal con- 

 sequences of this management were often ex- 

 perienced in the army, I believe, though a 

 ditferent cause was assio-ned before the veteri- 

 nary art had made sufficient progress to point 

 out its impropriety and danger. 



In some instances the disease appears to 

 have been produced by the distension which 

 tlie intestines Have suffered in flatulent colic 

 or gripes, where this complaint has been ne- 

 glected or improperly treated, or where the 

 spasm has been so violent as to resist the 

 operation of every remedy. 



An inflammation of the villous or internal 

 coat of the intestine, we have before observed, 

 is commonly c>ccasione<l by giving too strong 

 physic, or by inattention during its operation, 

 and is generally accompanied with profuse 

 purging: in this case a dilTerent treatment is 

 required from what we have recommended fat 



