94 PRACTICE OF EQUINE MEDICINE. 



"What are some of the symptoms shown in the horse ? 



The horse becomes nervous, excitable, and violent; it kicks 

 and bites at the stall as well as itself or objects near by, or the 

 groom, often causing fracture of the jaw. 



The animal neighs, trembles, rubs against the sides of the 

 stall; there is an impaired appetite, paralysis of the pharynx and 

 of the posterior extremity, convulsions, coma, followed by death in 

 from four to seven days. 



What treatment is recommended? 



Thoroughly cauterize the wound with acids, caustics, or the 

 actual cautery, and treat antiseptically. 



The Pasteur treatment is highly recommended, and should be 

 used. This consists in inoculating the animal with a specially pre- 

 pared serum. 



DYSENTBEY. 



What is the synonym? 



Bloody flux, catarrhal dysentery, diphtheritic dysentery, 

 amoebic dysentery. 



Define dysentery. 



It may be defined to be a specific infectious inflammation of 

 the large intestines, usually proceeding to ulceration, characterized 

 by frequent stools, colicky pains, and tenesmus. 



Give the aetiology. 



This disease is not common in the horse, being more fre- 

 quently seen in cattle. 



It is more apt to occur in hot climates, but may be seen in any 

 location. 



. Although probably of specific origin, this fact is hard to es- 

 tablish clinically in every case. One form is produced by amoeba. 



Animals kept in damp stables, low and marshy pastures, in 

 localities where there is decomposition of vegetable or animal 

 matter, the drinking of stagnant water, eating unwholesome food, 

 the sudden chilling of the skin, stopping perspiration, together 

 with indigestion, are among the predisposing causes. 



Some pathogenetic poison, the nature of which is not under- 

 stood, is probably the essential cause in other forms. 



Dysentery in the human subject is one of the four greatest 



