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stomacli. It is therefore mostly a symptom of other dis- 

 eases, and in many cases of gastric irritation is a means 

 of relief. When due to direct irritation of the stomach 

 favor it by giving tepid water freely. When emptied, the. 

 stomach may be soothed by ice, iced warter, prussio acid, 

 creosote, carboHc acid, bismuth, nux vomica, lemon-juice, 

 camphor, etc. Gum and albumen may often be given to 

 sheath the irritated organ, and a blister may be placed 

 on the pit of the stomach. 



DEPRAVED APPETITE. 



Seen in dyspeptic horses, eating earth, lime, etc., in rabid 

 dogs swallowing all sorts of things, and in cows eating 

 chalk, earth, sand, gravel, wood, leather, iron bolts, and 

 articles of clothing, hair, bones, lead, etc. In many cases 

 what is begun as a habit is continued as a disease, the 

 foreign bodies in the stomach deranging the digestion and 

 keeping up a morbid craving. Pregnancy, tuberculosis, 

 and a deficiency of phosphates in the soil and food are 

 occasional causes iu cows. The habit should be checked 

 by keeping tempting objects out of reach, dealing with 

 tuberculosis and chronic gastric catarrh as advised under 

 those heads, with a deficiency of phosphates, by an 

 abundant artificial feeding on sound grains and a course 

 of tonics, and with indigestible bodies in the stomach, by 

 a careful feeding to prepare the beast for slaughter, or that 

 faihng by opening the paimch on the left side and remov- 

 ing the offending agent (see impacted paunch). 



FOEBIGN BODIES IN STOMACH AND INTESTINES. 



These may be taken in by accident with the food or 

 may be deposited from it in the form of calculi or con- 

 cretions. 



Cattle suffer much from sharp-pointed bodies like nee- 

 dles, pins, naUs, etc., taken with the food, and afterward 

 making their way to the heart which they penetrate, causing 

 sudden death, or in more favorable cases making their way 



