INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 



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The following is the treatment advised by Dr. Summerville : — 



This disease is generally caused by constipation of the bowels, hard driving, 

 overpurging or looseness of the bowels, or drinking cold water when warm. Con- 

 stipation is, however, the principal cause of the disease, arid when this is the case, 

 the first and most important condition of relief is to get an action of the bowels. 



Symptoms. — For the first few hours the horse is uneasy, paws, looks around at 

 the side, the pulse is slightly accelerated and wiry. As the disease advances, the in- 

 termissions between the attacks become less, pulse quicker, running from seventy to 

 eighty beats in a minute, in some instances even faster ; lies down and gets up, 

 shows much pain, no swelling of sides ; now begins to exhibit fever, bowels consti- 

 pated, urine highly colored and scanty. 



Remedy. — Give a quart of raw linseed-oil. If constipation is very great, add 

 from four to six drops of crotdn-oil. 



If scours, or overpurging, sets in, give an ounce and a half of tincture of opium 



with six ounces of water, But 

 in order to suppress the in- 

 flammation, it is necessary to 

 bleed immediately from the 

 ZrffflffiffiffifiM i-'-TSfeSSlSintf neck vein from six to ten 



fWMWiWK ■ ,*a8lilKwir^^h»J quarts of blood, according to 



y* MffltfmM&rfi'. -i.'J.'^BlSsiHfiHiK^Sfc*. the strength and size of the 



,„,.,...,.„,,,,,, frrf — g— _ — M M |MM» m T""iir°~-7ir" «s*«^^—- animal. In extreme eases 

 .,* ....... -*> bleeding m ay be repeated to 



the extent of four to six quarts 

 in three or four hours,, If 

 much pain, exists in constipa- 

 tion, give from one to three 



Fig. 825.-A Symptom of Inflammation of the Bowels, ounces , of tin< f re asah fH 

 or Great Internal Pain. / Feed lightly for a week at 



least, giving gruel, roots, 

 grass, and bran mashes; and keep quiet. Do not exercise for several days if there 

 is danger of a relapse. This is a dangerous disease, and requires prompt treatment. 



Treatment advised by Charles A. Meyer : — 

 The first stage of inflammation of the bowels is when the animal sits on his 

 haunches like a pig, gradually gets up, and walks around as if in great agony ; makes 

 attempts to lie down, and when he does, goe's down very carefully ; may make a few 

 rolls ; will gradually straighten out again, attempt to rise, and sits on his haunches 

 again like a pig. This position is a sign of bowel inflammation, and to save the pa- 

 tient the treatment must begin in earnest. Should the patient be fat and plethoric, 

 bleed from the neck from two to eight quarts, according to the size of the horse. 

 Apply a strong rubefacient to the abdomen, of 1 lb. of strong mustard, 2 oz. aqua am- 

 monia, and water sufficient to make into a plaster ; rub in well, and cover with paper, 

 to keep in the heat. Then give' the following medicine : — 



Opium, pulverized i ' . , 4 dr. 



Subnitrate of bismuth 2 oz. 



Chloroform. 4 dr. 



Nux vomica, pulverized ; . . . 2J dr. 



Licorice root. , Q. 8. 



Make into four balls, give one every 4 to 6 hours, according to the uneasiness of 



