Stomach Lavage in Acute Indi- 

 gestion of the Horse* 



D. O. KNISELY, D. V. S.^ TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



With this, as with many other ailments of the horse, 

 we have several different phases, which differences we 

 are unable, in many cases, to adequately explain. With- 

 out attempting to explain them I shall try to describe 

 some of these different forms of indigestion and to out- 

 line, briefly, the treatment I employ for each. 

 Colic from Overeating 



First consider engorgement of the stomach. Not 

 that I really consider it acute indigestion, for it is not ; yet 

 in so many of these cases the symptoms approximate 

 those of acute indigestion and the treatments are so 

 nearly the same that I think it may well be described 

 with this class. 



To illustrated this similarity, take a typical case of 

 recent occurrence in my own practice. A small, black 

 horse, aged eighteen years; a very fat, well-preserved 

 animal, and a good individual, even at this age, and ap- 

 parently well cared for, was brought to me for treatment. 



The evening preceding this attack he had been taken 

 out for a drive, and afterwards put away as usual, about 

 10 p. m. The next morning he was found down in the 

 stall, rolling from side to side, and very badly bloated. 



•Reprinted from the April, 1913, issue of the American Journal of Vet- 

 erinary Medicine. 



