THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



Gastric tympany, definition of, 49 



diagnosis of, 56 



eructation in, 55 



gases present in, 62 



hydrate of iron in treatment 

 of, 63 



prognosis of, 61 



symptoms of, 53 



treatment of, 62 



vomition in, 56, 62 

 Gorged stomach, 44 

 Grass staggers, 44. 

 Grasses, danger in over-ripe, 45 



Heredity a predisposing cause of 



colic, 30 

 Hernia, strangulated, in young 



animals, 208 

 Hindrances to vomition, 26, 27 

 History of case in diagnosing, 19 

 Hoven, 50 

 Human compared with equine 



colic, 4, 29 

 Hydrate of iron in treatment of 



gastric tympany, 63 



Impaction, gastric, 44 



causes of, 45 



definition of, 44 



diagnosis of, 47 



prognosis of, 47 



symptoms of, 46 



treatment of, 47 

 Impaction, intestinal, 76 



exciting cause of, 89 



in young animals, 207 



of double colon, 76 



of single colon, 119 



of small intestines, 129 



sedative treatment of, 85, 97 



stimulant treatment of, 88, 125, 



Incision and suture of bowel, 161 

 Inflammation of the bowels, 182 

 Influence of time of day on produc- 

 tion of colic, 40 

 Injection, intra-intestinal, of anti- 



zymotics in tympanites, 1 79 

 Inspection of patient, mode of, 

 18 



Inspection, preliminary, in young 



animals, 202 

 Intestinal impaction, aloes in, 92 



ammonium carbonate in, 94 



cause of pain in, 89 



chloral hydrate in, 98 



eserine in, 96 



exciting cause of, 89 



in young animals, 207 



nux vomica in, 95 



reasons against use of sedatives 

 in, 99 



sedative treatment of, 85, 



97 



stimulant treatment of, 88, 125, 



136 

 turpentine in, 96 

 Intestinal irrigation, case treated by, 

 144, 151 

 in obstructions of the colon, 



143 

 obstructions, surgical treatment 



of, IS5 

 septic infection a cause of 

 colic, 42 

 or enteritis, 185 

 Intestinal tympany, 171 

 causes of, 171 

 definition of, 171 

 diagnosis of, 173 

 enterocentesis in, 174 

 prognosis of, 174 

 puncture of bowel in, 174 

 sedatives in, 181 

 symptoms of, 172 

 treatment of, 174 

 Intestines, the large, 13 

 the small, 11 

 impaction of the, 76 

 Intra-intestinal injection of anti- 



zymotics in tympanites, 178 

 Iron, hydrate of, in treatment of 

 gastric tympany, 63 



Kidneys, the, 15 



Laparo - enterotomy, diagrams of 

 incisions in, 159, 160 

 materials required for opera- 

 tion of, 155 



