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and other antiferments may be useful. After the acute symptoms 

 subside, give a full dose of aloes. 



Give the diagnostic symptoms of (a) crapulous colic, (b) purely 

 nervous colic. Give treatment of each. 



(a) Crapulous or engorgement colic is manifested by an over- 

 distended abdomen, dull percussion sound, continuous dull pain 

 and a "saw-horse" attitude. Rectal examination reveals the solid 

 ingesta, 



(b) Purely nervous or spasmodic colic is diagnosed by the remit- 

 tent pain, intervals of ease ; uneasiness, kicking of abdomen, getting 

 up and down, increased peristalsis ; more or less fasces passed. 



Treatment: In crapulous form, give an aloes ball or one quart 

 of linseed oil or both. Quick-acting cathartics, such as arecoline in 

 one-fourth grain doses, repeated every twenty minutes. Quiet the 

 pain with chloral hydrate. Spasmodic colic should be treated with 

 antispasmodics, such as chloral hydrate and cannabis indica. Empty 

 the bowels with an aloes ball, salts or oil. 



State the cause of diarrhoea in the new-born and prescribe preventive 

 treatment. 



See "white scours," page 294. This disease may be simple or 

 contagious. Among the many causes are improper food, bacteria, 

 navel infection, unclean feeding utensils, cold and weakness. Pre- 

 vention: Dietary measures; scald feeding utensils; intestinal anti- 

 septics, such as, bismuth subnitrate, phenol, etc. Sanitary measures 

 as prescribed under "white scours." 



What is intussusception? Give symptoms, prognosis and treatment. 



Invagination or telescoping of one portion of intestine into 

 another. 



Symptoms: Obstruction, vomiting, no fseces passed; continuous 

 colicky pains ; later, fever appears, weak pulse, sweating and death. 

 Tubular sections of intestines may be passed. Obstruction may be 

 felt in the dog. 



Prognosis : Usually fatal. 



Treatment: Laparotomy and replacement of intestine is the 

 only available measure. Linseed oil and antispasmodics may relieve. 



What genera (equine, bovine, porcine, canine) are most liable to 

 intestinal invagination? Why? 

 More common in bovine; less common in canines and very rare 

 in the equine and porcine. 



The spiral arrangement of the intestines and the looser disposi- 

 tion of the mesentery may account for the more frequent appear- 



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