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thus be had than it is possible to have in any other way. 

 No pump can take the place of city pressure. It is al- 

 ways the same and always at hand. Should they be too 

 bad to come to the hospital, use the tube first, and get 

 away all that you can with the pump. This will relieve 

 them enough so that they may be taken to the hospital if 

 you keep them moving. As soon as you arrive at the hos- 

 pital pass the tube again, this time using plenty of time 

 and water and remove all sour material, in other words, 

 keep the stream of water going in until the water comes 

 out clear and cool. 



The class of cases just described are typical cases, 

 in which a tube should be used, and that at once. Do 

 not try any form of medicinal treatment first, for any 

 form of drench only fills up the already distended stom- 

 ach and arecoline or eserine and pilocarpine, hypoder- 

 mically, surely aggravates all the symptoms and causes 

 the animal to thrash around a great deal more than he 

 would without them ; and not only that, but in his agony 

 he is likely to let himself fall hard enough to rupture the 

 stomach, in its distended state. 



Colic Due to Enfeebled Digestion 



There is another common type of colic; while it may 

 not be considered acute, it is none the less indigestion, 

 and is very amenable to treatment with the stomach tube. 



Symptoms. — The animal will first show a slug- 

 gish disposition, head hanging downward, resting on 

 three feet, restless at intervals. Such as stated will take 

 a few mouthfuls of hay and eat it, not with a relish, but 

 chewing it slowly, if in a tie stall, it will paw at inter- 



