INDEX 



259 



Predisposing, physiological, 

 causes of colic, 28, 31 



Preliminary inspection when diag- 

 nosing in young animals, 220 



Preparation of materials for opera- 

 tion of laparo-enterotomy, 175 



Prevention of ruptured stomach, 



79 

 Prognosis of enteritis, 208 

 of gastric impaction, 50 



tympany, 64 

 of intestinal tympany, 192 

 of ruptured stomach, 78 

 of subacute obstruction of 

 double colon, 88 

 pelvic flexure of double 



colon, 133 

 single colon, 143 

 small intestines, 153 

 of superpurgation, 21G 

 Pulse, the, 24 

 Puncturing the bowel in intestinal 



tympany, 193 

 Purgative, aloetic, in intestinal 



impaction, 89, g5 

 Purging in subacute obstruction 

 of the small intestines, 150 



Reasons against use of sedatives 

 in intestinal impaction, 32, 102 

 Rectal exploration, 26 



in subacute obstruction of 

 small intestines, 150 

 Rectal paralysis, treatment of, 143 

 Rectal tube, Smith's, 146, 162 

 Respiratory movements in diag- 

 nosis, 23 

 Ruptured stomach, 73 



causes of, 73 



definition of, 73 



diagnosis of, 76 



prevention of, 79 



prognosis of, 78 



symptoms of, 74 



S-trap, duodenal, 10, 11 

 Seat of enterocentesis, 194 

 Sedatives, caution against use of, 

 31, 68, 102, 210 

 in enteritis, 209 



Sedatives in gastric tympany , 68 

 in intestinal impaction, 89, 



102 

 in intestinal tympany, igg 

 in superpurgation, 216 

 Septic intestinal infection as cause 



of colic, 45, 203 

 Single colon, subacute obstruction 

 of, 136 

 causes of, 136 

 definition of, 136 

 diagnosis of, 142 

 prognosis of, 143 

 symptoms of, 139 

 treatment of, 143 

 Single colon, calculus in, 187 

 Small intestines, 11 



subacute obstruction of, 147 

 cases of, 156, 157 

 causes of, 147 

 definition of, 147 

 diagnosis of, 152 

 prognosis of, 153 

 purging in, 150 

 rectal exploration in, 150 

 symptoms of, 148 

 treatment of, 153 

 Smith's rectal tube, 146, 162 

 Spleen, the, 14 



Stable-management errors, pro- 

 ductive of colic, 36 

 Staggers, grass, 47 



stomach, 47 

 Stimulants in superpurgation, 



217 

 Stimulant treatment of intestinal 

 impaction, 92 

 Mr. Harding on, 118 

 Stomach, anatomy of the, 9, 17 

 dilatation of the, 52 

 gorged, 47 

 rupture of the, 73 

 causes of, 73 

 diagnosis of, 76 

 prevention of, 79 

 prognosis of, 78 

 symptoms of, 74 

 staggers, 47 

 Stomach-tube, Knisely's, 71 

 Stoppage of the bowels, 80 

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