DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 201 
out this animal did not exhibit any such symptoms, but stood ug 
antil within a few minutes of death. 
Treatment.—A case of this kind requires the exhibition of tonica 
and diuretics, and the following is the best remedy which can he 
given: 
No. 23 Fluid extract of buchu..........+. 
} equal parta. 
Fluid extract of snakehead......... 
Mix. 
Dose, two ounces per day. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES (ENTERITIS). 
This disease is located on the inner or mucous coat of the in- 
testines, sometimes, however, involving the muscular portion of 
the same. The causes are various: improper management. bad 
food, worms, irritating medicines, musty hay or clover, chilling 
the body by cold water, exposure to rain, ete. 
Symptoms.—The disease often commences with a shivering fit, 
to which succeeds heat of the skin, restlessness, loss of appetite; 
the mouth hot and dry; the inner membrane of the eyelids and 
nostrils are redder than usual. As the disease progresses, the pain 
increases, and the animal will lie down. There is no intermission 
of pain; it is persistent. The breathing is accelerated, and pres- 
sure in the abdominal region elicits symptoms of pain. The bowels 
are usually constipated, and if any feces are voided, they consist ot 
small, hardened balls. 
An examination after death reveals a gungrenous state of the 
small and sometimes the large intestines. Often extravasated 
blood is found within the intestinal tube. So soon as the pain 
ceases, and the animal appears no better, we infer that gangrene 
has set in ; cold sweats set in, and the animal shortly dies. 
Treatment.—The treatment of enteritis does not, and should not, 
differ from that of any other acute affection. Mucilaginous drinks, 
chlorate of potass, hyposulphite of soda, in doses as recommendec’ 
for inflammation of the stomach. Occasional enemas of soap-suds 
are to be thrown into the rectum, so long as the feces remain hard, 
or are voided with difficulty. The objectionable method of hack- 
raking—so highly recommended by some authors—should never 
be resorted to; it is a disgusting affair, and actually unnecessary 
for, let the rectum be ever so impacted, it can be evacuated by 
