THE COMMON COLICS OF THE HORSE 



Reasons against use of sedatives in 



intestinal impaction, 29, 99 

 Rectal exploration, 23 



in subacute obstruction of 

 small intestines, 132 

 Rectal paralysis, treatment of, 125 

 Rectal tube, Smith's, 128, 143 

 Respiratory movements in diagnosis, 



20 

 Ruptured stomach, 69 



causes of, 69 



definition of, 69 



diagnosis of, 72 



prevention of, 75 



prognosis of, 74 



symptoms of, 70 



S-Trap, duodenal, 11, 12 

 Seat of enterocentesis, 176 

 Sedatives, caution against use of, 

 29> 65, 97, 192 

 in gastric tympany, 65 

 in enteritis, 192 

 in intestinal impaction, 97 

 in intestinal tympany, 181 

 in superpurgation, 198, 199 

 Septic intestinal infection as cause 



of colic, 42, 185 

 Single colon, subacute obstruction 

 of, 119 

 causes of, 119 

 definition of, 119 

 diagnosis of, 124 

 prognosis of, 125 

 symptoms of, 121 

 treatment of, 125 

 Single colon, calculus in, 168 

 Small intestines, 11 



subacute obstruction of, 129 

 cases of, 138, 139 

 causes of, 129 

 definition of, 129 

 diagnosis of, 134 

 prognosis of, 135 

 purging in, 131 

 rectal exploration in, 132 

 symptoms of, 1 30 

 treatment of, 135 

 Smith's rectal tube, 128, r43 

 Spleen, the, 15 



Stable-management errors, produc- 

 tive of colic, 33 

 Staggers, grass, 44 



stomach, 44 

 Stimulants in superpurgation, 199 

 Stimulant treatment of intestinal 

 impaction, 88, 125, 136 

 Mr. Harding on, 116 

 Stomach, anatomy of the, 9 

 dilatation of the, 49 

 gorged, 44 

 rupture of the, 69 

 causes of, 69 

 diagnosis of, 72 

 prevention of, 75 

 prognosis of, 74 

 symptoms of, 70 

 staggers, 44 

 Stoppage of the bowels, 76 

 Strangulated hernia in young 



animals, 208 

 Subacute obstruction of double 

 colon, 76 

 cases of, 104, 118 

 causes of, 78 

 definition of, 76 

 diagnosis of, 82 

 prognosis of, 84 

 symptoms of, 79 

 treatment of, 85 

 Subacute obstruction of single colon, 

 119 

 causes of, 119 

 definition of, 119 

 diagnosis of, 124 

 prognosis of, 125 

 symptoms of, 121 

 treatment of, 125 

 Subacute obstruction of small intes- 

 tines, 129 

 Superpurgation, 194 

 causes of, 195 

 chloral hydrate in, 198 

 definition of, 194 

 diagnosis of, 197 

 morphia in, 198 

 opium in, 199 

 prognosis of, 198 

 stimulants in, 199 

 treatment of, 198 



