INDEX 



457 



Gastric impaction, causes of, 48 



definition of, 47 



diagnosis of, 50 



prognosis of, 50 



symptoms of, 49 



treatment of, 50 

 Gastric tympany, 52 



ammonia in, 65 



antizymotics in, 66 



case of, 6g 



causes of, 54 



danger of sedatives in, 68 



definition of, 52 



diagnosis of, 59 



eructation in, 58 



gases present in, 65 



hydrate of iron in treatment 

 of, 66 



prognosis of, 64 



symptoms of, 56 



treatment of, 65 



vomition in, 59, 65 

 Gorged stomach, 47 

 Grass staggers, 47 

 Grasses, danger in over-ripe, 48 



Heredity a predisposing cause of 



colic, 33 

 Hernia, strangulated, in young 



animals, 226 

 Hindrances to vomition, 29, 30 

 History of case in diagnosing, 



22 

 Hoven, 53 

 Human compared with equine 



colic, 4, 32 

 Hydrate of iron in treatment of 



gastric tympany, 66 



Impaction, gastric, 47 



causes of, 48 



definition of, 47 



diagnosis of, 50 



prognosis of, 50 



symptoms of, 49 



treatment of, 50 

 Impaction, intestinal, 80 



exciting cause of, 93 



in young animals, 225 



of double colon, 80 



Impaction of pelvic flexure of the 

 double colon, 123 

 of single colon, 137 

 of small intestines, 147 

 sedative treatment of, 89, 102 

 stimulant treatment of, 92, 



143. 154 

 Incision and suture of bowel, 



179 

 Inflammation of the bowels, 200 

 Influence of time of day on pro- 

 duction of colic, 43 

 Injection, intra-intestinal, of anti- 

 zymotics in tympanites, 197 

 Inspection of patient, mode of, 21 

 preliminary, in young animals, 

 220 

 Intestinal impaction, aloes in, 96 

 ammonium carbonate in, 98 

 cause of pain in, 93 

 chloral hydrate in, 103 

 eserine in, 100, 126 

 exciting cause of, 93 

 in young animals, 225 

 nux vomica in, 99 

 reasons against use of seda- 

 tives in, 102 

 sedative treatment of, 89, 102 

 stimulant treatment of, 92, 



143. 154 



turpentine in, 100 

 Intestinal irrigation, case treated 

 by, 162, 169 



in obstructions of the colon, 

 161 



obstructions, surgical treat- 

 ment of, 173 



septic infection a cause of 

 colic, 45, 203 

 of enteritis, 203 

 Intestinal tympany, 189 



causes of, 189 



definition of, iSg 



diagnosis of, 191 



enterocentesis in, 192 



prognosis of, 192 



puncture of bowel in, 192 



sedatives in, 199 



symptoms of, 190 



treatment of, 192 



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