Chapter XY. 



ZDISEuSJSIES OP 1 THE rflZGrZESTTSTZE 



OK.C3--a.iTS (COiTTI2:T-crEI3.) 



Dyspepsia — Rickets, oh Softening of Bones — Fragility of Bones — Diarrhea 

 or "Scours" — Dysentery— Enteritis — Peritonitis — Abdominal Hernia 

 — Strangulation of the Intestines, or Gut-tie — Casting an Ox — Geb- 

 " man Method of Casting. 



Fig. 1029. — Dropping the Cud (Dyspepsia). 



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DYSPEPSIA. 



DROPPING the cud (Fig. 1029) is a symptom of indigestion, or 

 dyspepsia. The animal exhibits no marked symptoms during 

 the early stages, but during rumination the food drops from the 

 mouth. In cases of longer standing the appetite becomes capri- 

 cious, rumination is suspended, arid unless the causes are removed 

 chronic dyspepsia may ensue. 



Treatment. — A laxative is first demanded. Give, in a quart of 

 linseed mucilage, — 



Epsom salts 12 oz. 



Gentian 1 " 



Ginger 1 " 



Carbonate of soda 1 " 



The food should consist of sound roots or grass, with oil-cake, 

 corn, bran, etc. On the day after, and for six days, give in the food, 

 or mixed with gruel, — 



(782) 



