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DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



Fig. 1009. — Interior of the Stomach of Ruminants. 



A, left sac of rumen ; 8, anterior extremity of that 

 sac turned back on the right sac ; C, its posterior ex- 

 tremity ; G, section of the anterior pillar of the rumen ; 

 g, g, its two superior branches ; H, posterior pillar of 

 the same ; h, h, h, its three inferior branches ; I, cells 

 of the reticulum ; J, cesophagal furrow ; K, oesophagus ; 

 L, abomasum. ' 



Feeding on wet grass or young clover, 



Gloss Anthrax is some- 

 times confounded with 

 this disorder, but it is 

 more acute. 



The stomach of rumi- 

 nants consists of four 

 compartments : first, the 

 rumen, or paunch; second, 

 the reticulum, or honey- 

 comb bag; third, the 

 omasum; fourth, the abo- 

 masum, rennet, or true di- 

 gestive stomach. 



HOTEI, OR TYMPA- 

 NITIS. 



This is a frequent affec- 

 tion of cattle, and is 

 known under a variety of 

 names. It is a disten- 

 tion of the rumen, or 

 paunch, by gas. (See 

 Fig. 1015.) The most 

 fruitful cause of this dis- 

 order is , green food, 

 damp with dew or rain, 



Fig. 1010.— The Intestines of the Ox. 



A origin of the duodenum ; B, floating portion of the small intestine ; C, termination of 

 the small intestine ; D, caecum ; E, its point directed backward ; F, flexure of the large colon 

 at its termination ; 6, H, terminal portion of the intestine ; 1, Insertion of the ductus choledo- 

 chus ; 2, Insertion of the pancreatic duct. 



