ALPHABETICAL SUMMARY. 469 
ACUTE GASTRITIS. 
Cause.—Poison; generally given to improve the coat. 
Symptoms.—Excessive pain, resembling fury. 
Treatment.—Give, as often and as quickly as possible, the following 
drink: Sulphuric ether and laudanum, of each three ounces; carbon- 
ate of magnesia, soda, or potash, four ounces; gruel, (quite cold,) one 
quart. Should the pulse be sinking, add to the drink carbonate of am- 
monia, one drachm. If corrosive sublimate is known to be the poison, 
one dozen raw eggs should be blended with each drench. If delirium 
be present, give the medicine as directed for tetanus, with the stomach 
pump. 
ACUTE LAMINITIS. 
Cause.—Often man’s brutality. Horses driven far and upon hard 
roads are exposed to the disorder Any stress long applied to the foot, 
as standing in the hold of a ship, may generate the affection. 
Symptoms.—The pace seems odd toward the end of the journey; but 
the horse is placed in the stable with plenty of food for the night. Next 
morning the animal is found all of a heap. Flesh quivering; eyes 
glaring; nostrils distended, and breath jerking; flanks tucked up; back 
roached; head erect; mouth closed; hind legs advanced under the 
belly; fore legs pushed forward; fore feet resting upon the heels, and 
the limbs moved as though the horse were dancing upon hot irons. 
Treatment.—Fut on the slings in silence. To the end of the cords 
append weights. Soak the feet in warm water, in which a portion of 
alkali is dissolved. Cut out the nails from the softened horn. Before 
the shoes are removed give half a drachm of belladonna and fifteen grains 
of digitalis, and repeat the dose every half hour until the symptoms 
abate. When the slings are up, open the jugular vein; abstract one 
quart of blood, and inject one pint of Iuke-warm water. Clothe the 
body; place thin gruel and green-meat within reach, and leave two men 
to watch for the first three nights. 
Next morning give sulphuric ether and landanum, of each two ounces, 
in a pint of water. Should the pastern arteries throb, open the veins 
and place the feet in warm water. While the affection lasts, pursue these 
measures; and it is a bad symptom, though not a certain one, if no 
change for the better takes place in five days. 
